Project Syndicate published on 1 May 2020 a commentary titled "A Pledge for Africa" by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.
To combat COVID-19 in Africa, Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed called for a combination of debt relief, substantially raising the grant and lending ceilings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank, and increasing the Special Drawing Rights of the IMF to raise $1.5 trillion.