Brussels, 01/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 31 March, the International Monetary Fund signed an agreement to provide the Fund with up to €1.03 billion. The agreement is part of a commitment made by the European Union in March 2009 to contribute up to €75 billion (then equal to about US$100 billion) to support the IMF's lending capacity.
The group of the richest countries and emerging countries in the G20 made a commitment in April 2009 to triple the IMF's resources so that it...