The IMF suspended its last aid to Congo - a loan programme worth more than $500 million - after the government failed to provide sufficient details on the sale of state mining assets to an offshore company.
President Felix Tshisekedi took office in January and has tried to repair relations with foreign donors that had frayed during his predecessor Joseph Kabila's 18 years in power.
IMF delegation leader Mauricio Villafuerte told reporters in the capital Kinshasa that the terms of the Rapid Credit Facility would be submitted to the IMF board in mid-December for final approval.
"The economic situation (in Congo) is very difficult now because of weakness controlling spending during the political transition and new spending initiatives," Villafuerte said.
It was not immediately clear how much the programme would be worth.
Congo is Africa's top copper producer and the world's leading miner of cobalt, a key component in electric car batteries. But it is one of the world's least developed countries, due largely to corruption and poor governance.
(Reporting by Stanis Bujakera; Writing by Aaron Ross; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
