IMF Staff Country Reports

Grenada: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility

July 31, 2006

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International Monetary Fund. "Grenada: Request for a Three-Year Arrangement Under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility", IMF Staff Country Reports 2006, 277 (2006), accessed 12/27/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451816471.002

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Summary

Grenada quickly recovered from the devastating effects of Hurricane Ivan. Executive Directors welcomed the economic reform program aimed to promote economic growth, restore fiscal and debt sustainability, reduce vulnerabilities, and alleviate poverty. They emphasized the need to strengthen the financial regulatory framework and accelerate structural reforms. They agreed that steadfast policy implementation can reduce debt and fiscal sustainability. They commended that the new strategy will help to address its economic and social challenges, and recommended for an arrangement under the Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility.

Subject: Debt service, Environment, External debt, Fiscal policy, Fiscal stance, Natural disasters, Public debt

Keywords: Caribbean, CR, current account, Debt service, expenditure measure, Fiscal stance, ISCR, Natural disasters, PRGF loan, PRGF-supported program, program, reform program, SDR, U.S. dollar