New Special Drawing Rights should tackle Covid, not lead to aid cuts or deepen the debt crisis
In late August the IMF is planning on creating $650 billion of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) to strengthen global financial reserves in response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis and its economic ramifications.
SDRs are a currency unit created by the IMF which sit in member countries’ reserves. They can free up other funds or be exchanged for hard currency ($, £ etc) to pay for things like imports.
https://www.bond.org.uk/news/2021/07/new-special-drawing-rights-should-tackle-covid-not-lead-to-aid-cuts-or-deepen-the-debt