Below you may find information on some of the latest initiatives from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund concerning the implementation of measures to fight the spread of coronavirus. In parallel, you will find updated information about the policy initiatives taken by Parliaments around the world to cope with Covid-19 since the beginning of the crisis.

International Monetary Fund Responses

International Monetary Fund Policy Tracker

Statement by the International Monetary and Financial Committee of the IMF, 4 March 2020

Article by IMF Managing Director, Kristalina Georgieva, Policy Action for a Healthy Global Economy, 16 March 2020

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva’s Statement After a G20 Ministerial Call, 23 March 2020

Remarks by IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva During an Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit, 26 March 2020

Opening Remarks for Joint IMF/WHO press conference by Kristalina Georgieva, 3 April 2020

IMF Managing Director Statement, Confronting the Crisis: Priorities for the Global Economy, 9 April 2020

World Bank Responses 

World Bank Press Release Announcing Financial Support as a Response to Covid-19, 3 March 2020

World Bank Increases COVID-19 Response, 17 March 2020

The World Bank Group Moves Quickly to Help Countries Respond to COVID-19, 2 April 2020

World Bank Group President David Malpass: Remarks to G20 Finance Ministers, 15 April2020

Joint Communicates by the World Bank and the IMF 

Joint Statement from the World Bank and IMF Concerning Coronavirus, 2 March 2020

Joint Statement from the World Bank and IMF Regarding the Spring Meetings, 3 March 2020

Joint Statement from the World Bank Group and the IMF Regarding A Call to Action on the Debt of IDA Countries, 25 March 2020

Joint Statement by the Chair of International Monetary and Financial Committee and the Managing Director of the IMF, 27 March 2020

Joint Statement by World Bank Group President David Malpass and IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Outcome of G20 Finance Ministers’ Meeting, 15 April 2020 

List of Global Parliamentary Responses to Covid-19 below