{"id":127394,"date":"2021-04-15T20:34:05","date_gmt":"2021-04-16T00:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=127394"},"modified":"2021-04-15T22:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T02:35:57","slug":"commentary-small-countries-need-an-imf-that-is-a-lender-of-conscience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/commentary-small-countries-need-an-imf-that-is-a-lender-of-conscience\/","title":{"rendered":"COMMENTARY: Small countries need an IMF that is a lender of conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Sir Ronald Sanders\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>

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(The writer is Antigua and Barbuda\u2019s Ambassador to the United States and the Organization of American States.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0He is also a Senior Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London and Massey College in the University of Toronto.\u00a0\u00a0The views expressed are entirely his own)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

As undesirable as it may be, governments of Caribbean countries that are not in International Monetary Fund (IMF) programmes are being pushed in that direction.<\/p>

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Through no bad policy decisions that they have made, governments are confronted with considerably reduced revenues and extraordinary expenses because of the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>

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Many countries, particularly those regarded by the international community as \u2018high income\u2019, have exhausted their capacity to borrow from commercial markets and to issue bonds.\u00a0\u00a0They have been denied access to concessional financing by the IMF and World Bank.<\/p>\n

Faced with sudden high unemployment caused by the severe decline in tourism, and continuous high expenditure on public health, including managing the coronavirus and purchasing costly COVID-19 vaccines, as well as gravely reduced income, Governments will have to engage the IMF as a lender of last resort.<\/p>

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It is either an IMF programme or a prolonged period of economic decline that will make recovery even more difficult than it already is.\u00a0\u00a0The present financial predicament in many Caribbean countries is worse than any plight caused in the past by hurricanes.\u00a0\u00a0It is far deeper in its effects and much longer in its duration.<\/p>\n

Many governments have been unable to service their international debt that lenders, especially those in the Paris Club, continue to insist must be repaid in full, adding interest that is building a huge burden that will weigh down countries for decades\u00a0\u00a0to come.\u00a0\u00a0They have also incurred debt with domestic banks and other creditors that provide services.\u00a0\u00a0In the reduced financial circumstances in which they operate, governments are strained to settle these obligations, tightening conditions in the economy, and limiting the possibilities of new borrowing.<\/p>

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Hope, by tourism dependent countries, that the industry would have rebounded by now, has been dashed.\u00a0\u00a0Realistically, there is no bright prospect that, even by the last quarter of this year, tourism by sea and air will bounce back sufficiently to make a meaningful difference.\u00a0\u00a0And, with the best will in the world, diversification into import substitution projects, while helpful and necessary, will not have a substantial impact on revenues and employment.<\/p>

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The tourism situation is worsened by the latest methodology adopted by the US Centres for Disease Control that places most Caribbean countries at \u2018Level 4\u2019 \u2013 very high risk. Changing that categorization will require measures to curb the rate of COVID-19 infection further, and to accelerate inoculation of the population.\u00a0\u00a0These measures need funds that governments are hard pressed to find.<\/p>\n

In terms of inoculation, as of April 15, the following was the level of inoculation in CARICOM countries:\u00a0\u00a0Antigua and Barbuda, 27.6%; Montserrat 25.3%; Dominica 24.6%; Barbados 22.9%; St Kitts-Nevis 19.6%;\u00a0\u00a0St Lucia 11%.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thereafter, all CARICOM countries are below 10% with five of them below 3%.<\/p>\n

The COVAX facility, organised by the World Health Organization, promises deliveries of supplies it has negotiated with major pharmaceutical companies. But governments of rich countries, representing 18% of the world\u2019s population, have bought 4.6 billion doses or 60% of available supply.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The competition by the governments of the remaining 82% of the global population is obvious.<\/p>\n

There have been pledges to donate money to COVAX to help developing countries, such as those in the Caribbean, to obtain vaccines.\u00a0\u00a0But many of the pledges have not yet been delivered.\u00a0\u00a0More importantly, the main producers of COVID-19 vaccines cannot fulfil any new orders before the first quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n

Regrettably, the International Financial Institutions (IFIs), and the rich nations that control their policies, continue to apply criteria for access to funding that should long have been discarded and which make little practical sense in today\u2019s conditions.\u00a0\u00a0But, CARICOM countries, apart from Guyana and Suriname with their high growth rates and revenues from oil and gas, have little choice but to engage the IMF for support programmes.<\/p>\n

Recourse to the IMF is a last resort. Over the years, the tough conditions for support from the Fund have caused countries to avoid it.\u00a0\u00a0But, in the current circumstances, for many countries, the IMF has become the necessary option to get the financial liquidity that they need urgently.<\/p>\n

It is claimed that the language and approach of the IMF have changed, and that the institution has become more flexible and less dogmatic.\u00a0\u00a0The proof of that pudding is in the eating. Therefore, governments will engage the IMF,\u00a0recognising that their options are limited. They will do so with caution. The last thing they want is additional debt tied to stringent conditions such as more taxes, cuts in public service employment and immediate repayment of foreign debt.<\/p>\n

For its part, the IMF policy makers should appreciate that small Caribbean states cannot be measured by the same yardstick as richer and larger nations.\u00a0\u00a0COVID-19 and other disasters affect all countries to some extent, but the extent in small states is total.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0We need look no further than St Vincent and the Grenadines.\u00a0\u00a0Already reeling from the effects of COVID-19, the eruption of the Soufriere volcano, which has not yet reached its zenith, has crippled it.<\/p>\n

The vulnerabilities of small countries are lived experiences that must be taken fully into account if the IMF is to make a credible difference.\u00a0\u00a0The Fund should also remember that it is lending money, not granting it.\u00a0\u00a0The terms of engagement should be such that countries can repay their debts and yet survive, giving their people opportunities to grow.<\/p>\n

The question is: can those who control the IMF make it, at least, a lender of conscience.<\/p>\n

Responses and previous commentaries:www.sirronaldsanders.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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