Especially some third world countries, even if monetary funds are somehow available, may lack the competence, infrastructure, governmental institutions, equipment, transport capabilities, medicine, etc. to convert funds into prevention or treatment.
The only issue was generating sufficient monetary funds to secure payments from the customer.
It can be argued that monetary funds are limited, but is help from a physician limited?
This is why we must raise the level of funding we make available to the International Monetary Fund so that it can aid those countries facing the most serious difficulties.
The Dutch finance minister, Jan Kees de Jager, said that bilateral loans would be on a voluntary basis and would be offered on tough terms, similar to those made available by the International Monetary Fund.
Prime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, host of the Group of 20 summit meeting called to fight the crisis, announced at its conclusion that the leaders had committed to $1.1 trillion in new funds that would greatly increase the capital available to the International Monetary Fund.
In London, the G20 said it will make over $1.0 trillion available, through the International Monetary Fund and other institutions, in order to boost trade, create jobs and jumpstart the global economy.
That is far more than the monetary fund has available to lend.
Comparing debt levels across countries needs to be done carefully; I use the most recent available comparative numbers from the International Monetary Fund (see Statistical Tables 7 and 8).
The monetary fund has about $250 billion available for all types of loans.
