Fact Sheet
IMF Surcharges Fact Sheet

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What are IMF surcharges, how do they harm the countries that pay them, and why were the IMF’s recent reforms to its surcharge policy insufficient? Read our updated two-pager on this unpopular and controversial IMF policy.