{"id":22042,"date":"2010-11-23T16:16:50","date_gmt":"2010-11-23T20:16:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=22042"},"modified":"2010-12-25T14:59:08","modified_gmt":"2010-12-25T18:59:08","slug":"antigua-gets-33m-from-eu-to-assist-with-global-financial-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/regional\/antigua-gets-33m-from-eu-to-assist-with-global-financial-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Antigua gets $33M from EU to assist with global financial crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The European Union has approved 9 million euros grant (EC$33.6M) for Antigua and Barbuda under the EU’s vulnerability assistance scheme to help African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries deal with the affects of the global financial crisis.<\/p>\n

“The provision of this financial assistance in the form of grants is proof that the EU is delivering on its promises and is supporting its partners at critical times of need,” said Valeriano Diaz, Head of the EU Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean.<\/p>\n

Antigua and Barbuda is the third Eastern Caribbean country to benefit from financial assistance under the mechanism \u2013 the other two being Grenada and Dominica. The vulnerability assistance package will enable the government to reduce its fiscal financing gab by 52 percent in 2010, in order to maintain priority expenditures, especially social spending. The objective of the budget support is to contribute to macroeconomic stability and to support the implementation of the home-grown National Economic and Social Transformation (NEST) strategy and government’s macroeconomic policies.<\/p>\n

Approval of the vulnerability assistance package to Antigua and Barbuda is in addition to other EU assistance such as the Public Finance Management Reform Programme (EUR 3.0 million) and Support to Non-State Actors under the 10th European Development Fund.<\/p>\n

The Vulnerability instrument is based on forecasts of fiscal losses and other vulnerability criteria. It provides rapid and targeted grants and is acting as a complement to the loan-based assistance of other development institutions, with whose support it was developed.<\/p>\n

The economy of Antigua and Barbuda was among the worst hit among the Eastern Caribbean countries in 2009, undergoing a contraction of real GDP of 7.0 percent. In addition its tourism-dependent economy has been severely impacted. Falling tourism and Foreign Direct Investment-related construction activities have triggered the worst recession in decades and contributed to a sharp decline in government revenue.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The European Union has approved 9 million euros grant (EC$33.6M) for Antigua and Barbuda under the EU’s vulnerability assistance scheme to help African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries deal with the affects of the global financial crisis. “The provision of…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":22043,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regional"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nAntigua gets $33M from EU to assist with global financial crisis - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/regional\/antigua-gets-33m-from-eu-to-assist-with-global-financial-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Antigua gets $33M from EU to assist with global financial crisis - 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