A person wearing a mask walks outside the IMF headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AFP
Coronavirus: G20 agrees to debt freeze for poorest countries amid pandemic
- Repayments paused for one year as world’s largest economies reiterate pledge to deploy ‘all available policy tools’ to deal with crisis
- Poorer nations face heaviest burden as they do not have spending power to deal with treatment and economic fallout from lockdowns
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Coronavirus pandemic
A person wearing a mask walks outside the IMF headquarters in Washington on Wednesday. Photo: AFP