en-us	As the world responds to COVID-19, country after country is faced with the need to contain the spread of the virus at the cost of bringing its society and economy to a standstill. 
zh-cn	在全世界应对COVID-19疫情过程中，一个又一个国家面临这样一种局面，即一方面需要遏制病毒传播，另一方面又要承受社会和经济陷入停滞的代价。 

en-us	At face value there is a trade-off to make: either save lives or save livelihoods. 
zh-cn	表面上看，必须做出取舍：要么拯救生命，要么挽救生计。

en-us	This is a false dilemma – getting the virus under control is, if anything, a prerequisite to saving livelihoods. 
zh-cn	这是一种虚假两难——控制病毒是挽救生计的前提。 

en-us	This is what brings the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) so closely together.
zh-cn	这就是为什么世界卫生组织和国际货币基金组织如此紧密地合作。

en-us	The WHO is there to protect the health of people and well-placed to advise on health priorities; the IMF exists to protect the health of the world economy – it advises on economic priorities, and also helps provide financing. 
zh-cn	世界卫生组织是为了保护人民的健康，就卫生优先事项提出建议；国际货币基金组织是为了保护世界经济的健康，就经济优先事项提出建议，同时帮助提供融资。 

en-us	Our joint appeal to policymakers, especially in emerging market and developing economies, is to recognise that protecting public health and putting people back to work go hand-in-hand. 
zh-cn	我们对政策制定者、特别是新兴市场和发展中经济体的政策制定者发出的共同呼吁是，保护公众健康和让人们重返工作岗位是相辅相承的。 

en-us	The WHO is on the front line of this crisis by the virtue of its mandate, but so is the IMF. 
zh-cn	世界卫生组织因其使命而处在这场危机的前线，国际货币基金组织也是如此。

en-us	In the short time since COVID-19 started spreading across the world, the demand for IMF financing has skyrocketed. 
zh-cn	自COVID-19开始在全球蔓延以来，很短的时间内，对国际货币基金组织融资的需求急剧增加。

en-us	Never in the 75 years history of the institution have so many countries – 85 so far – found themselves in need of IMF emergency financing. 
zh-cn	在国际货币基金组织75年的历史中，从未有这么多国家（迄今有85个）同时需要基金组织的紧急融资。

en-us	And this financing is being made available in record short time, with the first projects already being approved and money disbursed to provide much needed assistance to shield countries against dramatic increase in financial needs at a time of sudden drop in economic activities and in revenues. 
zh-cn	并且，这种融资的提供速度之快前所未有，第一批项目已被批准，资金已经拨付，在这些国家经济活动和财政收入突然减少的时候向它们提供了亟需的援助，使它们能够应对资金需求的急剧增加。 

en-us	As financing to support severely constrained public budgets reaches the countries in need, our joint plea is to place health expenditures at the top of the priority list. 
zh-cn	针对那些公共预算严重受限的国家，随着所需资金的到位，我们的共同呼吁是将卫生支出作为首要的重点支出。

en-us	Paying salaries to doctors and nurses, supporting hospitals and emergency rooms,establishing make-shift field clinics, buying protective gear and essential medical equipment, carrying out public awareness campaigns about simple measures like hand washing – these are critical investments to protect people against the pandemic. 
zh-cn	支付医生和护士的薪金，支持医院和急诊室，搭建临时野战诊所，购买防护装备和基本医疗设备，开展有关洗手等简单措施的公众意识宣传活动——这些都是在疫情中保护人民的关键投资。

en-us	In far too many places health systems are unprepared for an onslaught of COVID-19 patients and it is paramount to give them a boost. 
zh-cn	在太多地方，卫生体系尚未准备好应对大量的COVID-19患者，因此，最重要的是为它们提供支援。 

en-us	And this can and must go together with support for economy-wide priorities required to reduce unemployment, minimise bankruptcies and, over time, ensure recovery. 
zh-cn	在采取这些措施的同时，还必须为整个经济的优先工作提供支持，以期能降低失业、减少破产、最终确保经济复苏。

en-us	They come in addition to – not as a substitute for – health spending, and aim to provide targeted support to most-affected households and firms, including cash transfers, wage subsidies, and short-time work, strengthening unemployment benefits and social safety nets, and limiting the rise in borrowing costs. 
zh-cn	这些工作是对卫生支出的补充而非替代，目的是向受影响最严重的家庭和企业提供有针对性的支持，包括现金转移支付、工资补贴、短期工作、加强失业福利和社会安全网，以及控制借款成本的上升。 

en-us	We recognise how difficult it is to strike the right balance. 
zh-cn	我们认识到很难实现适当的平衡。

en-us	Economic activity is plummeting as infections and measures to combat the pandemic affect workers, firms, and supply chains, job losses and uncertainty drag down spending, financial conditions sharply tighten, and the oil price collapse hits commodity exporters – all with cross-border spillovers. 
zh-cn	病毒感染和抗击疫情的措施影响工人、企业和供应链，失业和不确定性抑制消费，金融状况急剧收紧，石油价格暴跌冲击大宗商品出口国，而所有这些都产生跨境溢出效应，在这样的环境下，经济活动急剧下滑。

en-us	In countries with large informal economies families depend on daily wages to survive. 
zh-cn	在非正规经济规模很大的国家，家庭依靠每日工资生存。

en-us	Highly congested urban slums make social distancing impossible . 
zh-cn	在高度拥挤的城市贫民区，保持社交距离无法做到。 

en-us	We are convinced, however, that emergency financing can only help if countries strike this balance. 
zh-cn	然而，我们确信，只有各国能够实现这一平衡，紧急融资才能发挥作用。

en-us	The WHO can help in vital areas for coordination such as ensuring the production and delivery of medical supplies to those in need, in an effective, efficient, and equitable manner – by facilitating advance purchase agreements, for example. 
zh-cn	世界卫生组织可以在关键的协调领域提供帮助，例如，确保以有效、高效和公平的方式生产和向有需要的群体提供医疗用品——例如通过促进预购协议。

en-us	The WHO is also working with suppliers of personal protective equipment for health workers to ensure that supply chains are functioning. 
zh-cn	世界卫生组织也在与医护人员个人防护设备的供应商合作，确保供应链正常运转。

en-us	And this is an area where collaboration with other international organisations can be so effective – for example, the World Bank’s capacity to aggregate demand to purchase medical supplies in bulk. 
zh-cn	这是一个可以与其他国际机构有效合作的领域——例如，世界银行能够汇总需求，批量购买医疗用品。 

en-us	The IMF for its part aims to help by doubling its emergency response capacity from $50 billion up to $100 billion – making it possible for countries to get twice as much money from the Fund as had been made available during emergencies. 
zh-cn	就其本身而言，国际货币基金组织的目标是将紧急融资能力提高一倍，从500亿美元增加到1000亿美元，相比成员国在过去紧急情况下可以从国际货币基金组织获得的资金，目前的可用资金增加了一倍。

en-us	Its total lending capacity of $1 trillion is now secured thanks to decisive actions of its membership. 
zh-cn	由于成员国采取了果断的行动，国际货币基金组织1万亿美元的总贷款能力目前得到保证。

en-us	The Fund is also increasing its capacity to ease debt service obligations of its poorest members through the Catastrophe Containment Relief Trust for which generous donors are providing grant resources. 
zh-cn	国际货币基金组织还在加强其通过控灾减灾信托向最贫穷成员国提供债务减免的能力，慷慨的捐助方正在向该信托提供赠款。

en-us	And together with the World Bank it is advocating for a standstill of debt service from the poorest countries to official bilateral creditors for as long as the world economy is paralysed by the pandemic. 
zh-cn	国际货币基金组织还与世界银行一道，呼呼暂停最贫穷国家向官方双边债权人的债务偿还，直到世界经济因疫情而瘫痪的状态结束。 

en-us	The course of the global health crisis and the fate of the global economy are inseparably intertwined. 
zh-cn	全球卫生危机的走势和全球经济的命运相互交织。

en-us	Fighting the pandemic is a necessity for the economy to rebound. 
zh-cn	抗击疫情是经济回升的必要条件。

en-us	That is why the WHO and IMF are cooperating closely with one another, and with other international organisations, to help address countries’ priority needs. 
zh-cn	这就是为什么世界卫生组织和国际货币基金组织彼此密切合作，并与其他国际组织紧密协作，帮助满足各国的重要需求。 

en-us	As we all work together, with little time and finite resources, it is essential that we focus on the right priorities to save lives and livelihoods. 
zh-cn	我们在时间紧迫、资源有限的情况下共同努力，必须将重点放在挽救生命和生计的正确优先任务上。

en-us	Our joint appeal is that in one of humanity's darkest hours, leaders must step up right now for people living in emerging markets. 
zh-cn	我们的共同呼吁是，在人类处于至暗时刻之际，领导人必须立即为发展中经济体的人民采取行动。 