4.To assist in the establishment of a multilateral system of payments in respect of current transactions and in the elimination of foreign exchange restrictions which hamper the growth of world trade.
5.To give confidence to members by making the general resources of the Fund temporarily available to them under adequate safeguards , thus providing them with the opportunity to correct maladjustments in their balance of payments without resorting to measures destructive of national or international prosperity.skoma itfi sovereign debt & banking
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