WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bolivia will this month likely become the latest Latin American country to end formal financing ties with the International Monetary Fund, officials and experts said on Tuesday.
The country's current three-year IMF stand-by facility, a lending plan linked to structural and economic performance criteria, expires on March 31.
IMF sources say the program will probably lapse without any new arrangement and that it will be several months at least before any decision is made on future financing of the impoverished Andean country.
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Some economists said if Bolivia allows the agreement to lapse, it will mark a further sidelining of the IMF in Latin America. Brazil and Argentina cleared debts to the fund in December, putting a further squeeze on the IMF's finances.
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