<h1>International lender staff-level agreement on fifth bailout review clears way for about USD 347 million financing pending board approval</h1> An international financial institution reached a staff-level agreement with the government of the island nation on the fifth review of its 2023 bailout, paving the way for about USD 347 million in financing pending executive board approval. The lender praised implemented economic reforms, urged accelerated recruitment and safeguarded independence of the national anti-corruption commission in line with domestic anti-corruption law, and called for further structural reforms to boost potential growth. The program has supported recovery-inflation moving toward target, reserves rebuilding, and stronger real GDP growth and revenue mobilisation-and follows a nearly USD 3 billion facility approved in March 2023 that aided reserve rebuilding and debt restructuring.