01546cas a2200229 a 4500 AALejournalIMF021474 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781513567778 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Determinants of Pre-Pandemic Demand for the IMF's Concessional Financing. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2021. 1 online resource (29 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students This study focuses on identifying the main factors that influenced country-specific and aggregate demand for IMF concessional financing between 1986 and 2018 and makes within-period and out-of-period forecasts. We find that the external debt level, inflation, and real effective exchange rate are the main economic variables influencing concessional borrowing for most eligible countries. Finally, our approach is able to provide quite accurate country-level and aggregate forecasts for historical financing events prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mode of access: Internet IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2021/015 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2021/015/001.2021.issue-015-en.xml IMF e-Library