Managing director repeats that the fund has to develop new tools to provide short-term funding during the coronavirus crisis
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FACTBOX 4/9/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE 4/9: Chile creates a $24 bln credit line for small businesses
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CAF devotes $2.5 bln to fight coronavirus
South American development bank approves a new credit line to fund responses to the outbreak
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FACTBOX 4/8/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE 4/8: Colombia offers cash transfers to 3 million households
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Idesa postpones swap deadline
Some bondholders are pushing for more collateral in a $303 mln debt exchange
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Colombia, DR receive World Bank emergency funds
Multilateral lender allocates a total of $515 mln for seven countries in LatAm in less than a week
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FACTBOX 4/7/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE 4/7: Colombia’s state-backed development bank launches $180 mln credit line
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BCP increases bond limit
Peruvian lender puts the new limit at $8 bln as shareholders agree to add $250 mln in capital
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FACTBOX 4/6/20: Latin America moves to mitigate impact of COVID-19
UPDATE 4/6: “We have no other option but to increase debt,” Colombian FinMin says
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IMF could allocate SDRs for coronavirus response
Fund needs to think “beyond” what it has to get short-term liquidity to emerging markets, managing director says