en-us	Coherent Policy Response Needed to Overcome Coronavirus Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean 
zh-cn	拉美加勒比地区克服新冠疫情危机需协调一致的政策应对 

en-us	WASHINGTON, April 12, 2020 —The Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region is seeing a sharp decline in growth due to the Covid-19 (coronavirus) crisis, which requires several policy responses to support the most vulnerable, avert a financial crisis, and protect jobs, according to a new report form the World Bank. 
zh-cn	2020年4月12日，华盛顿：世界银行新报告称，由于新冠疫情危机，拉丁美洲与加勒比地区（LAC）预计将出现增长急剧下滑，需要采取多项政策应对来救助最脆弱群体，避免金融危机，保护就业。 

en-us	To help the vulnerable face the loss of earnings from the lockdown, existing social protection and social assistance programs should be rapidly scaled up and their coverage extended, according to “The Economy in the Time of Covid-19,” the latest semiannual report from the World Bank’s Chief Economist Office for Latin America and the Caribbean. 
zh-cn	世界银行拉美加勒比地区首席经济学家办公室发布的最新经济半年报《新冠疫情时期的经济》指出，为了帮助脆弱群体面对封城带来的收入损失，应迅速扩大现有社会保护和社会救助计划的规模及覆盖面。 

en-us	At the same time, governments may need to support financial sector institutions and key sources of employment. 
zh-cn	与此同时，政府可能需要支持金融部门机构和关键就业来源。 

en-us	“We need to help people face these enormous challenges and make sure that financial markets and employers can weather the storm,” said Humberto López, World Bank Acting Vice President for the Latin America and the Caribbean Region. 
zh-cn	世界银行拉美加勒比地区代理副行长温贝托·洛佩兹说：“我们需要帮助人民面对这些巨大的挑战，确保金融市场和雇主能够安然度过风暴。

en-us	“That means limiting the damage and laying the groundwork for recovery as fast as possible.” 
zh-cn	这意味着尽快限制损失并为复苏奠定基础。” 

en-us	A series of shocks hit economic growth in LAC over the past year starting with social unrest, the collapse of international oil prices, and now the COVID-19 (coronavirus) crisis. Growth is suffering as a result. 
zh-cn	拉美加勒比地区的经济增长在过去一年遭受了一系列冲击，从社会动乱开始，接着是国际油价暴跌，现在是新冠疫情危机，增长因而受挫。 

en-us	Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in the Latin America and Caribbean region (excluding Venezuela) is expected to be -4.6% in 2020, according to the report. A return to growth of 2.6% is expected in 2021. 
zh-cn	报告预测，2020年拉美加勒比地区（不包括委内瑞拉在内）的国内生产总值（GDP）将下降4.6%，预计2021年回归2.6%的增长。 

en-us	The coronavirus pandemic is fueling a major supply shock. 
zh-cn	新冠病毒大流行加剧了严重的供应冲击。

en-us	Demand from China and G7 countries is falling dramatically, affecting commodity exporters in South America and exporters of manufactured goods and services in Central America and the Caribbean. 
zh-cn	来自中国和七国集团国家的需求大幅下降，影响到南美的大宗商品出口国和中美洲及加勒比地区的制造业产品和服务出口国。

en-us	A collapse in tourism is severely impacting some countries in the Caribbean. 
zh-cn	旅游业崩溃对部分加勒比国家造成严重影响。 

en-us	Many countries in LAC are confronting the crisis with a constrained fiscal space. 
zh-cn	拉美加勒比地区很多国家对抗危机的财政空间受限。

en-us	Higher levels of informality make it difficult to reach out to all households and protect all sources of employment. 
zh-cn	非正规化程度较高使其难以覆盖所有家庭和保护所有就业来源。

en-us	Many households live from hand to mouth and do not have the resources to cope with the lockdowns and quarantines needed to contain the spread of the pandemic. 
zh-cn	很多家庭过着朝不保夕的生活，没有资源来应付遏制疫情传播必需的封城和隔离。

en-us	Many also depend on collapsing remittances. 
zh-cn	很多家庭还依赖骤减的海外劳工汇款。

en-us	To help the vulnerable face this economic challenge, existing social protection and social assistance programs should be rapidly scaled up and their coverage extended. 
zh-cn	要想帮助弱势群体应对这一经济挑战，现有社会保护和社会救助计划应快速扩大规模和覆盖面。 

en-us	At the same time, governments will have to take on the burden of much of the losses. 
zh-cn	与此同时，政府必须负担很大一部分损失。

en-us	Socializing the losses may require taking ownership stakes in financial sector institutions and strategic employers through recapitalization. 
zh-cn	损失社会化可能要求通过资本结构调整在金融部门机构和战略性雇主取得所有权股份。

en-us	This support will be key to preserving jobs and allowing for a recovery. 
zh-cn	这种支持将是维持就业和实现复苏的关键。 

en-us	However, these processes need to be transparent and strong arrangements need to be put in place to manage the newly acquired assets, building on the best examples of sovereign wealth funds and asset management companies. 
zh-cn	但是，这些过程必须是透明的，需要做出强有力的安排来管理新收购的资产，借鉴主权财富基金和资产管理公司的最佳案例。 

en-us	“Governments across Latin America and the Caribbean face the enormous challenge of both protecting lives and limiting the impact of the economic fallout,” said Martín Rama, World Bank Chief Economist for the Latin America and the Caribbean region. “This will require coherent, targeted policies on a scale rarely seen before.” 
zh-cn	世界银行拉美加勒比地区首席经济学家马丁·拉马说：“拉美加勒比地区各国政府面临保护生命与限制对经济的负面影响的巨大双重挑战，这将要求以前所未有的规模采取协调一致的、有针对性的政策。” 

en-us	World Bank Group Global Support to Face the Coronavirus Crisis: 
zh-cn	世界银行集团支持全球应对新冠病毒危机： 

en-us	The World Bank Group is taking broad, fast action to help developing countries strengthen their pandemic response, increase disease surveillance, improve public health interventions, and help the private sector continue to operate and sustain jobs. 
zh-cn	世界银行集团采取广泛、快速的行动，帮助发展中国家加强大流行应对，强化疫情监测，改善公共卫生干预，帮助私营部门继续运营和维持就业。

en-us	It is deploying up to $160 billion in financial support over the next 15 months to help countries protect the poor and vulnerable, support businesses, and bolster economic recovery. 
zh-cn	世行集团将在未来15个月部署1600亿美元资金支持，帮助各国保护贫困弱势群体，扶助企业，促进经济复苏。 

en-us	Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic circumstances within countries and regions are fluid and change on a day-by-day basis. 
zh-cn	由于新冠病毒大流行，各国和该地区的经济形势每天变化不定。

en-us	The analysis in the report is based on the latest country-level data available as of April 10, 2020.
zh-cn	本报告是基于截至2020年4月10日可以获得的最新国别数据。