国际货币基金组织中期贷款便利的中文解释

国际货币基金组织(IMF)专为协助成员国解决结构性国际收支逆差而发放的贷款，期限通常为三年，贷款条件与备用贷款类似。 网址：www.imf.org

Extended Fund Facility的英文解释

Assistance given to IMF member nations with economies suffering from serious balance of payments difficulties caused by structural imbalances in production, trade and prices. Or alternatively, to those countries whose economies are characterized by slow growth and an inherently weak balance of payments position. Drawings can be made over a period of three years under conditions similar to IMF standby drawings.

• suffering [´sʌfəriŋ]   n.痛苦；灾害   (初中英语单词)