Definition: Grant element
External debt - IMF
Measure of the concessionality of a loan, calculated as the difference between the face value of the loan and the sum of the discounted future debt-service payments to be made by the borrower expressed as a percentage of the face value of the loan. A 10 percent rate of discount is used by the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) and the World Bank to measure the grant element of official loans.
Source:
International Monetary Fund (IMF), "External Debt Statistics: Guide for Compilers and Users; Appendix III. Glossary of External Debt Terms", Washington D.C., 2003
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