A track record of macroeconomic stability, supported by a disciplined fiscal stance and prudent monetary management; A concentrated effort to improve debt management, as evidenced by the gradual clearance of bilateral arrears and improving debt profile; and Favorable economic prospects, stemming from strong interest by foreign investors in Suriname's main economic sectors. Institutional weaknesses, including remaining deficiencies in managing debt payments and difficulties in reforming a structurally inefficient, public-sector-dominated economy; An open and 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 on the one hand, and reflecting the ongoing strong support for opposition parties with notoriously
