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  "title": "IMF Office in Barbados",
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  "summary": "This web page provides information on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Barbados and the IMF.",
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      "heading": "Resident Representative for Barbados",
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          "text": "Patrick Blagrave"
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          "text": "Resident Representative"
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      "lines": [
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          "text": "2nd Floor Tom Adams Financial Centre, Central Bank of Barbados",
          "href": "http://www.centralbank.org.bb/",
          "linkText": "Central Bank of Barbados",
          "links": [
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              "href": "http://www.centralbank.org.bb/",
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        {
          "text": "Spry Street, Bridgetown"
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          "text": "Email: WHDRR-BRB@imf.org",
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          "text": "Tel: +1 (246) 537-2873"
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      "heading": "Barbados: At a Glance",
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          "text": "Current IMF membership: 191 countries"
        },
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          "text": "Barbados joined the Fund on December 29, 1970"
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        {
          "text": "Quota: SDR 94.5 million (0.02 percent of total)",
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          "linkText": "Quota",
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              "linkText": "Quota"
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              "href": "http://www.imf.org/external/fin.htm",
              "linkText": "SDR"
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            {
              "href": "https://www.imf.org/external/np/sec/memdir/members.aspx",
              "linkText": "0.02"
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        {
          "text": "Number of arrangements since membership: 3"
        },
        {
          "text": "Outstanding Purchases and Loans (SDR): 206 million (September 24, 2020)",
          "href": "http://www.imf.org/external/fin.htm",
          "linkText": "SDR",
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              "linkText": "SDR"
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        {
          "text": "Latest Article IV/Country Report: December 18, 2019",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=48886.0",
          "linkText": "Article IV/Country Report",
          "links": [
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              "href": "https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/cat/longres.aspx?sk=48886.0",
              "linkText": "Article IV/Country Report"
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        {
          "text": "Current IMF arrangement: Latest Report: June 8, 2020",
          "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/06/08/Barbados-Third-Review-Under-the-Extended-Arrangement-Requests-for-Augmentation-of-Access-and-49491",
          "linkText": "Latest Report",
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              "href": "https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/CR/Issues/2020/06/08/Barbados-Third-Review-Under-the-Extended-Arrangement-Requests-for-Augmentation-of-Access-and-49491",
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      "heading": "IMF's Work on Barbados",
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    "Opened in 2019 as a central point of contact between the IMF and the Government of Barbados.",
    "Primary focus: support implementation of Barbados’ Economic Reform and Transformation (BERT) priorities set forth in the Fund’s Extended Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Barbados.",
    "Core functions:",
    "Patrick Blagrave, Resident Representative",
    "Laron Alleyne, Local Economist",
    "Amy Carrington, Office Manager",
    "Willie Parris, Office Driver",
    "Outreach and Conferences:",
    "COVID-19 related resources and initiatives:",
    "Factsheets and explanatory resources:",
    "After successfully weathering a series of shocks, most countries in the region are converging to their (tepid) potential.",
    "Growth and inflation projections:",
    "Policy priorities and recommendations:",
    "Medium-term challenges and reform priorities:",
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    "Annual Report of the Executive Board — Getting to Growth in an Age of Uncertainty — September 24, 2025",
    "[IMF's Work on Barbados](https://www.imf.org/en/countries/resrep/brb#Country)"
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