55. 一些小岛屿发展中国家 2020 年的增长可能会下降 20%。他们的经济基础狭窄，高度开放，严重依赖少数几个大的发达国家，这使得他们极易受到全球经济冲击的危害。他们正在全力对付旅游收入暴跌、侨汇下降和偿债成本高昂等问题。有限的国家预算已经进行重组，以管理不完善的卫生系统，为创纪录的失业人数提供社会安全网，并偿还债务。如果不能为这些国家提供应对问题所需的财政空间，他们将面临持续的经济攻击。
55. Some small island developing States were likely to experience a 20 per cent decline in growth in 2020. Their narrow economic base, high degree of openness and significant dependence on a few large, developed countries made them extremely vulnerable to global economic shocks. They were contending with a collapse in tourism revenue, falling remittances and the high cost of debt servicing. Limited national budgets had been reorganized to manage inadequate health systems, provide social safety nets for the record numbers of unemployed and meet debt payments. Failure to provide those countries with the fiscal space they needed to cope would leave them open to a continued economic onslaught.