Analysts predict this first December tranche would be $1-1.4 billion. IMF board approval would also trigger release in December of a matching amount — $800 million World Bank money and EUR500 in EU aid. Reviewing debts due in the months leading up to the March 31 presidential elections Timothy Ash writes: “It does not appear that Poroshenko will have a huge war chest to pump prime that much before elections.”
Analysts predict this first December tranche would be $1-1.4 billion.
