Dominica: 2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Dominica

Author: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.

2021 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for Dominica

Volume/Issue: Volume 2022 Issue 040

Publication date: February 2022

ISBN: 9798400202827

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Exports and Imports , Money and Monetary Policy , Public Finance , Business and Economics - Statistics , International - Economics , Natural Disasters , CBI revenue , authorities of Dominica , authorities' effort , pandemic well , response to the pandemic , Natural disasters , Public investment spending , COVID-19 , Caribbean , Global

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Summary

Dominica has been hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, with an estimated decline in GDP of 11 percent in 2020 underpinned by a sharp reduction in tourism receipts that affected connected sectors and by lockdown measures to limit virus contagion. The output decline was contained by health spending, social transfers, and public investment resilient to natural disasters which increased significantly, leading to an increase in public debt to 106 percent of GDP despite record-high Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) revenue. The financial sector remained stable and liquid, but vulnerability continue to be significant in the under-capitalized non-bank sector.