The authorities’ commitment to a range of policy reforms is showing results in terms of macroeconomic stability and investor perceptions. The economy is growing, inflation is declining, donor support is increasing, and international bond spreads are at historic lows.
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400290916.002
- ISBN
- 9798400290916
- ISSN
- 1934-7685
- Issue
- 315
- Pages
- 126
- Published in
- United States of America
- Series
- Country Report No. 2024/315
- StockNumber
- 1SUREA2024004
- Volume
- 2024
Table of Contents
- Suriname - 2024 - Staff Report for the Seventh Review EA Under the EFF (final SR) 4
- CONTEXT 7
- PROGRAM PERFORMANCE 10
- POLICY DISCUSSIONS 12
- A. Improving Fiscal Sustainability While Supporting the Vulnerable 12
- B. Bringing Down Inflation 15
- C. Addressing Banking Sector Risks 17
- D. AML/CFT and Governance 19
- E. Improving the Quality and Dissemination of Economic Statistics 20
- PROGRAM ISSUES 20
- STAFF APPRAISAL 21
- A. Public Debt Under Restructuring Scenario 59
- B. External DSA 63
- A. Primary Fiscal Balance (Cash Basis) of Central Government (Floor) 105
- B. New Natural Resource Revenue-Collateralized Debt Contracted by or on Behalf of the Central Government and/or State-Owned Enterprises (SOE) (Continuous Ceiling) 107
- C. New Central Government Guaranteed Debt (Continuous Ceiling) 108
- D. Non-Accumulation of Central Government External Debt Arrears (Continuous Ceiling) 108
- E. Gross Credit to Central Government by the CBvS (Continuous Ceiling) 108
- F. Net International Reserves of the CBvS (Floor) 109
- G. Net Domestic Assets of the CBvS 111
- H. Direct Purchases/Sales of FX by the CBvS and/or Central Government from/to SOEs and Private Sector (Continuous Ceiling) 113
- I. Social Spending of Central Government (Floor) 114
- J. Stock of Value Added Tax Refunds Outstanding (ceiling) 114
- K. Non-accumulation of new domestic Debt Arrears by the Central Government (Continuous Ceiling) 115
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