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IMF Approves $120 Million Loan For Tajikistan


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DUSHANBE -- Tajik National Bank chief Sharif Rahimzoda has said that the International Monetary Fund has approved a $120 million loan to Tajikistan to support the country's poverty-reduction program, RFE/RL's Tajik Service reports.

The first $40 million of the loan has already been disbursed.

Rahimzoda said the loan will be used to maintain macroeconomic stability, decrease the large external current account deficit, build foreign-exchange reserves, and support the poor.

IMF First Deputy Managing Director John Lipsky says Tajikistan faces a "severe external shock that is being compounded by domestic rigidities."

Tajikistan's main exports -- cotton and aluminum -- have been affected by weak global demand and remittances from Tajik migrant workers have decreased sharply.

The IMF also welcomed Tajikistan's decision to publish a report on the Tajik National Bank audit detailing the misuse of hundreds of millions of dollars by bank officials.
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