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Productivity growth has been slowing down globally in recent years in light of heightened economic crises and geopolitical tensions. This book puts the issue of low productivity growth in small countries under a microscope, exploring Jamaica’s productivity challenges in its quest to achieve its United Nation Sustainable Developmental Goals. Overall, this book provides useful examples of handicaps that small countries face and proposes different approaches in finding plausible solutions to their overarching productivity challenges. This study provides useful lessons to other countries, as well, which would like to transition from developing to developed and to better the lives of their citizens. Andre Haughton is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Economics at the University of the West Indies Mona with a research focus on international economics and applied macroeconomics. He is a former Senator in Jamaica and an International Monetary Fund Distinguished Academic Fellow who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Essex (UK). Wendel Ivey is an Economist in the Research and Economic Programming Division at the Bank of Jamaica and formerly a Senior Research Analyst at the Jamaica Productivity Centre. He holds a MSc in Economics from the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus with a focus on Economic Development and International Economics. .

Development economics. --- Sustainability. --- Development Economics. --- Sustainability science --- Human ecology --- Social ecology --- Economics --- Economic development --- Economic history. --- Jamaica --- Economic conditions. --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic

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This pioneering book explores the meaning of the term "Black social economy," a self-help sector that remains autonomous from the state and business sectors. With the Western Hemisphere's ignoble history of enslavement and violence towards African peoples, and the strong anti-black racism that still pervades society, the African diaspora in the Americas has turned to alternative practices of socio-economic organization. Conscientious and collective organizing is thus a means of creating meaningful livelihoods. In this volume, fourteen scholars explore the concept of the "Black social economy," bringing together innovative research on the lived experience of Afro-descendants in business and society in Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, and the United States. The case studies in this book feature horrific legacies of enslavement, colonization, and racism, and they recount the myriad ways that persons of African heritage have built humane alternatives to the dominant market economy that excludes them. Together, they shed necessary light on the ways in which the Black race has been overlooked in the social economy literature. .

Sociology of culture --- Economics --- Economic geography --- diaspora --- cultuur --- economie --- racisme --- Jamaica --- Haiti --- Brazil --- Buenos Aires --- Colombia --- Guyana --- Schools of economics. --- Economics. --- Culture. --- Urban economics. --- Heterodox Economics. --- Cultural Economics. --- Urban Economics.

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This ambitious book provides a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative assessment of Jamaica’s ties to the International Monetary Fund, focusing on Jamaica’s historical relationship with the IMF and reflecting on the domestic and international discourse surrounding the evolution of this relationship. Notably, this volume presents a critical analysis of Jamaica’s first engagement with and departure from the IMF and interrogates the political economy of the period. Jamaica’s economic experiences are assessed in the context of major global events, including the food price crises of 2007 and the global economic crises of 2008 and 2009. This book also looks at policy implications, and its well-researched analysis will be of great value to practitioners and policymakers as well as academics.

Latin America—Economic conditions. --- Development economics. --- Economic development—Environmental aspects. --- Economic policy. --- Economic history. --- Latin American and Caribbean Economics. --- Development Economics. --- Development and Sustainability. --- Economic Policy. --- Economic History. --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Economics --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Economic development --- Jamaica --- Economic conditions.

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Stable macroeconomy but growth continues to underperform. After nearly six years of economic reforms, unemployment is at an almost 11-year low, poverty is at a 9-year low, inflation is low, public debt is firmly on a downward trajectory, and international reserves are at historically high levels. Still, growth remains lackluster. Private investment has not fully taken advantage of the unprecedented opportunities presented by macroeconomic stability and strong fundamentals. Structural impediments need to be quickly addressed to foster capital formation. Sustained weak growth risks impeding reform momentum and could make achieving the government’s policy objectives more difficult.

Monetary policy. --- Monetary management --- Economic policy --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- Foreign Exchange --- Inflation --- Macroeconomics --- Money and Monetary Policy --- Public Finance --- Debt --- Debt Management --- Sovereign Debt --- Price Level --- Deflation --- Public Enterprises --- Public-Private Enterprises --- Monetary Policy --- Public finance & taxation --- Civil service & public sector --- Monetary economics --- Currency --- Foreign exchange --- Public debt --- Public sector --- Inflation targeting --- Prices --- Economic sectors --- Monetary policy --- Debts, Public --- Finance, Public --- Jamaica

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Over the past decade, governments in the Caribbean region have introduced the value-added tax (VAT) to modernize their tax system, rapidly mobilize revenue and reduce budget deficits. This paper analyzes VAT performance in the region and concludes that while it has boosted revenues, the VAT has not reached its potential. Intended as a broad-based tax with limited exemptions, a single rate and zero-rating confined to exports, the VAT’s design often lacks these characteristics. The paper also finds that although tax administration reforms can boost revenues, countries have just started to address organizational inefficiencies, data integrity issues, and operational ineffectiveness. These reforms need to intensify in order to have a more significant impact on compliance and revenue.

Tax administration and procedure. --- Tax practice --- Tax procedure --- Taxation --- Public Finance --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- Business Taxes and Subsidies --- Personal Income and Other Nonbusiness Taxes and Subsidies --- Auditing --- Public finance & taxation --- Management accounting & bookkeeping --- Tax administration core functions --- Value-added tax --- Revenue administration --- Income and capital gains taxes --- Consumption taxes --- Taxes --- Public financial management (PFM) --- Tax administration and procedure --- Spendings tax --- Revenue --- Income tax --- Jamaica