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St. Kitts and Nevis: Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2011 Stand-By Arrangement-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for St. Kitts and Nevis - Country Report No. 15/297

Debt peaked at around 160 percent of GDP in 2010, and had been considered unsustainable since 2006. The sharp downturn coinciding with the global financial crisis created a large financing gap forcing a debt restructuring and exceptional access to Fund resources. The programmed mix of financing and adjustment was reasonable—the fiscal adjustment was large and frontloaded, as was the financing from the Fund and through the restructuring.