SDG National Commitments Form: Submission #70

Title of commitment: Denmark’s support to IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT)
Name of submitting Member State or Government: Denmark
Please indicate whether your commitment is intended to address SDG Progress at a national, regional or global level: Global
Please outline briefly the commitment(s) made in the areas outlined above :
Denmark will support the subsidy account of IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Trust (PRGT) with a new grant totalling SDR 19 million (app. DKK 174 million) in 2023 and 2024.

Further, Denmark will be providing additional loan frame for PRGT of SDR 150 milllion (app. DKK 1.4 billion), thereby increasing the total Danish loan frame to PRGT to SDR 950 million (app. DKK 8.6 billion).


Does the commitment include a new national benchmark for reducing poverty and inequality by 2027? If yes, please indicate the benchmark below: :
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Please explain how national planning and institutional frameworks will be strengthened to support progress of the commitment: :
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Additional Information: While other countries might report their contribution to PRGT as ‘Rechanneling of SDRs’, the Danish contribution is technically not a rechanneling of SDRs and can therefore not be characterised as such
Please provide the full name, title and email address of contact person::
Julie Juel Andersen
Policy Advisor, Permanent Mission of Denmark to the United Nations
jujuan@um.dk

Please provide the official email address of your country’s Permanent Mission in New York, for verification purposes.: nycmis@um.dk
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