The International Monetary Fund announced an agreement Friday for Belgium's central bank to provide up to $6.4 billion to the fund, along with smaller deals with Malta and Slovakia.

The borrowing agreements make up part of the European Union's plan to give $178 billion toward the Group of 20 pledge to boost the fund's coffers by $500 billion to help manage the global economic crisis.

Slovakia agreed to give the IMF up to $600 million, while the central bank of Malta is providing up to $165 million, the fund said in separate statements.

-By Tom Barkley, Dow Jones Newswires; 202-862-9275; tom.barkley@dowjones.com