Progress in maintaining macroeconomic stability, supported by a disciplined fiscal stance and prudent monetary management; A concentrated effort to improve debt management, as demonstrated by the gradual clearance of bilateral arrears and an improving debt profile; and Favorable economic prospects, stemming from strong interest by foreign investors in the Republic of Suriname's main economic sectors. Institutional weaknesses, including remaining deficiencies in managing debt payments and difficulty in reforming a structurally inefficient, public-sector-dominated economy; An open, narrow-based economy exposed to adverse external developments, especially commodity price fluctuations; and Policy reversal risk, stemming from the untested ability of the ruling government to maintain prudent policymaking during the economic downturn, and reflecting the ongoing strong support for opposition parties with notoriously bad policymaking
