Anne O. Krueger, a former World Bank chief economist and former first deputy managing director of the International Monetary Fund, is Senior Research Professor of International Economics at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Development at Stanford University.
华盛顿特区—一场悲剧正在斯里兰卡上演。市民必须排队购买食品和药品,车主无法装满油箱,还经常停电。经济陷入瘫痪,而且由于国家债务已经不可持续,因此无法借贷。该国正遭受二战以来全世界最严重的经济危机。
形势如此严峻,以至于数百万人走上了街头。总统逃离了这个国家,现在议会选出了一个新的但不受欢迎的替代者。如果一切顺利(考虑到最近几周的事件,要打一个大问号),国际货币基金组织可能会出手相救,给予一揽子救助贷款(用于购买基本进口产品)和一套实现可持续财政、货币、和汇率政策的计划。
斯里兰卡的困境为其他政府提供了一个教训。当一个国家的经济问题明显变得难以克服时,通过各种零碎的措施推迟清算,最终只会让事情变得更糟。
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