溢 制卧爱分贸易+学 金融英语阅读 During her visit to Sri Lanka on January 18,Krueger discussed the tsunami's impact on the economy and policy options to support a recovery."We are keen to do whatever we can to help."She said.In addition to financial assistance,the IMF is ready to resume discussions with the government on an economic recovery program supported by the IMF's Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility.(PRGF).Krueger praised the government for its sound economic policies in recent years."It will be important to move as quickly as possible to help the homeless and undertake reconstruction,"he said."At the same time it will be important to avoid generating bottlenecks that could in fact slow down delivery of rehabilitation an risk macroeconomic instability." Indonesia saw a tremendous loss of human life with more than 100,000 people dead.While the oil and natural gas production facilities in Aceh survived the disaster. In particular,about 70 percent of Aceh's small scale fleet was destroyed and large numbers of fishermen were killed,dealing a severe blow to fishing,which is a major industry in the province.Agriculture in the coastal regions will be heavily affected by the tsunami,and the adverse impact may continue for several years as an increase in salinity may affect soil fertility.The IMF offered technical assistance to Indonesia. including advice on how to administer funds for the reconstruction effor to ensure transparency and good governance,and on how to restore financial intermediation services of banking system in the affected areas.During his visit to the area,de Rato said that"it is not a problem in which aggregate numbers of GDP are relevant-it is more a question of microeconomics and micro-social problems.And that,of course,is very important.” The IMF Survey January 2005 第2页共2页金融英语阅读 During her visit to Sri Lanka on January 18, Krueger discussed the tsunami’s impact on the economy and policy options to support a recovery. “ We are keen to do whatever we can to help.” She said. In addition to financial assistance, the IMF is ready to resume discussions with the government on an economic recovery program supported by the IMF’s Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility. (PRGF). Krueger praised the government for its sound economic policies in recent years. “ It will be important to move as quickly as possible to help the homeless and undertake reconstruction,” he said. “At the same time it will be important to avoid generating bottlenecks that could in fact slow down delivery of rehabilitation an risk macroeconomic instability.” Indonesia saw a tremendous loss of human life with more than 100,000 people dead. While the oil and natural gas production facilities in Aceh survived the disaster. In particular, about 70 percent of Aceh’s small scale fleet was destroyed and large numbers of fishermen were killed, dealing a severe blow to fishing, which is a major industry in the province. Agriculture in the coastal regions will be heavily affected by the tsunami, and the adverse impact may continue for several years as an increase in salinity may affect soil fertility. The IMF offered technical assistance to Indonesia, including advice on how to administer funds for the reconstruction effor to ensure transparency and good governance, and on how to restore financial intermediation services of banking system in the affected areas. During his visit to the area, de Rato said that “it is not a problem in which aggregate numbers of GDP are relevant—it is more a question of microeconomics and micro-social problems. And that, of course, is very important.” The IMF Survey January 2005 第 2 页 共 2 页