ratio behind japan greece and sudan now the i.m.f. stepping in to get barbados back on track the new prime minister be a monthly recently announced the country had undisclosed liabilities raising its overall debt from one hundred thirty seven percent of g.d.p. to over one hundred seventy five mostly have no choice but to contact the i m f well the fund is acknowledged would assist the ailing economy with an emergency debt restructuring plan abate us then suspended payments to external creditors to regroup the island owes two thirds of its debt to local investors a bank some tough debt restructuring measures is required without endangering its domestic financial system motley says her government wants to protect its most vulnerable citizens as well as business sector is crucial to growth officials used to consider barbados one of the better fiscally run countries of the caribbean a mine is a journalist from the region i asked him how did it got so high to be fair you know