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  "title": "Barbados: 2026 Article IV Consultation and Request for a Stand-By Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Barbados",
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  "summary": "The homegrown Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) 2022 Plan and supporting Fund arrangements have reinforced macroeconomic stability and facilitated structural reforms.",
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      "heading": "Macroeconomic stabilization and debt dynamics",
      "content": "- The homegrown Barbados Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) 2022 Plan and supporting Fund arrangements have reinforced macroeconomic stability.\n- A sustained improvement in the fiscal accounts has helped put public debt on a firm downward path.\n- Barbados has successfully returned to international capital markets, enabling partial early repayments to the Fund."
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      "content": "- Important structural fiscal reforms have been completed.\n- Steps have been taken to strengthen climate resilience.\n- These achievements extend the government’s commendable track record of ownership and program implementation."
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