By Ivan Cairo
PARAMARIBO, Suriname, Nov 13, CMC – Finance and Planning Minister Stanley Raghoebarsing says Suriname’s economic recovery programme supported by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) ends in March next year and that “there will be no new measures”.
“All policy measures have already been taken. It is now mainly about enforcing those policy measures,” Raghoebarsing told reporters, adding that the government must ensure that they are implemented as agreed with the IMF.
Raghoebarsing said between now and March next year, he sees no issues that could torpedo a successful conclusion of the programme and that he is looking forward “to the end of the program with very good feelings.
“We really need the EBS (Energy Companies Suriname) income, otherwise our social programme or the entire budget will be in danger and we don’t want that,” Raghoebarsing, said noting that when the recovery programme started three years ago, there were at least 20 pages of measures that had to be implemented.
“They have all been taken. We now have half a page left of measures that still have to be taken,” Raghoebarsing said.
(Details in Business section)
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