... IMPLICATIONS Paper submitted for the G-24 Technical Group Meeting (Washington, D.C. September 2 7-2 8 2004) Part 5 Nihal Kappagoda, Research Associate, The North-South Institute Nancy C. Alexander, ... increase grant funding as quickly as possible to countries, particularly those in sub-Saharan Africa, to achieve the MDGs by 20 15. If these funds are provided on credit terms instead of grants ... or 25 years for blend countries without a significant decline in the grant element. This would not be possible for IDA only countries that have been judged to be in medium-level or high-level...