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The Caribbean : From Vulnerability to Sustained Growth
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ISBN: 158906514X 1455245887 9786613850386 1451962460 1452785686 1283537931 9781451962468 9781589065147 Year: 2006 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund,

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This book sets out the economic challenges facing the island nations of the Caribbean and presents policy options to ameliorate external shocks and embark firmly on a sustained growth path. While the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union that are the focus of the book have enjoyed a sustained period of price and exchange rate stability, they have been buffeted in recent years by adverse shocks, including the erosion of trade preferences, declines in official foreign assistance, and frequent natural disasters. Strengthening their growth performance will require design of a multifaceted strategy that integrates the Caribbean with the global economy, facilitates an economic transformation from agriculture to tourism, fosters greater regional cooperation, and preserves macroeconomic stability. This volume examines the critical issues that are part of that process, including fiscal and financial sector policy, management of external flows, trade integration and tourism, macroeconomic cycles and volatility, and the economic implications of natural disasters.

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331.30 --- CAR / Caribbean Countries - Antillen - Antilles --- Fiscal policy --- -Business cycles --- -Natural disasters --- -Tourism --- -Brain drain --- -330.9729 --- Emigration and immigration --- Holiday industry --- Operators, Tour (Industry) --- Tour operators (Industry) --- Tourism --- Tourism industry --- Tourism operators (Industry) --- Tourist industry --- Tourist trade --- Tourist traffic --- Travel industry --- Visitor industry --- Service industries --- National tourism organizations --- Travel --- Natural calamities --- Disasters --- Economic cycles --- Economic fluctuations --- Cycles --- Financial crises --- Tax policy --- Taxation --- Economic policy --- Finance, Public --- Economische toestand. --- Economic aspects --- -Economic aspects --- Government policy --- Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. --- ECCU --- Caribbean Area --- -Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- Economic conditions --- Brain drain -- Caribbean Area. --- Business cycles -- Caribbean Area. --- Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions. --- Fiscal policy -- Caribbean Area. --- Natural disasters -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area. --- Tourism -- Caribbean Area. --- Business cycles --- Natural disasters --- Brain drain --- Economic History --- Business & Economics --- -Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. --- -Economic conditions --- Economic conditions. --- 330.9729 --- Economische toestand --- E-books --- Exports and Imports --- Foreign Exchange --- Macroeconomics --- Public Finance --- Natural Disasters --- Climate --- Natural Disasters and Their Management --- Global Warming --- Fiscal Policy --- Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General --- International Migration --- Banks --- Depository Institutions --- Micro Finance Institutions --- Mortgages --- Public finance & taxation --- Currency --- Foreign exchange --- Migration, immigration & emigration --- International economics --- Tax incentives --- Migration --- Fiscal stance --- Public debt --- Environment --- Population and demographics --- Exchange rate arrangements --- Debts, Public --- Antigua and Barbuda

Developments and challenges in the Caribbean region
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ISBN: 1557759502 1462385508 1452793379 9781557759504 Year: 2000 Volume: 201 Publisher: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund

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This paper focuses on the independent states that are full members of the Caribbean Community. It provides background information on recent developments in the Caribbean region and lays out the principal policy issues that countries will need to address in the period ahead. The Caribbean countries face several common problems and must deal with similar economic policy issues. Consequently, concentrating on the regional perspective permits a comparison of the individual responses to similar problems. The regional view throws light on the countries' movement toward convergence. The economic prospects for the region are generally satisfactory over the medium term, but the projections depend importantly on the resolve of governments to pursue appropriate policies, as well as favorable developments in the rest of the world. The relatively favorable outlook for the region is not without risks, such as a slowdown in growth in the major trading partner countries or a term of trade shock.

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Economic conditions. Economic development --- International finance --- International economic relations --- Caribbean Area --- Economic conditions --- Economic policy --- economie --- ontwikkelingsbeleid --- 338 <8> --- amerique latine --- developpement economique --- politique economique --- Free trade --- -Fiscal policy --- -Monetary policy --- -Foreign exchange rates --- -330.05 --- 330.9729 --- Exchange rates --- Fixed exchange rates --- Flexible exchange rates --- Floating exchange rates --- Fluctuating exchange rates --- Foreign exchange --- Rates of exchange --- Monetary management --- Currency boards --- Money supply --- Tax policy --- Taxation --- Finance, Public --- Free trade and protection --- Trade, Free --- Trade liberalization --- International trade --- Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--Zuid-Amerika --- latijns amerika --- economische ontwikkeling --- economisch beleid --- Rates --- Government policy --- -Caribbean Area --- -Caribbean Free Trade Association countries --- Caribbean Region --- Caribbean Sea Region --- West Indies Region --- Commerce --- -Economic integration --- Economic policy. --- -Commerce --- 338 <8> Economische situatie. Economische structuur van bepaalde landen en gebieden. Economische geografie. Economische produktie.economische produkten. Economische diensten--Zuid-Amerika --- 330.05 --- Caribbean area --- Caribische Staten --- Caribbean Area - Economic conditions - 1945 --- -Caribbean Area - Economic policy --- Exports and Imports --- Inflation --- Investments: General --- Macroeconomics --- International Economics --- Trade: General --- Trade Policy --- International Trade Organizations --- Public Enterprises --- Public-Private Enterprises --- Price Level --- Deflation --- General Financial Markets: General (includes Measurement and Data) --- International economics --- Civil service & public sector --- Public finance & taxation --- International trade & commerce --- Exports --- Imports --- Public sector --- Trade facilitation --- Economic sectors --- Revenue administration --- Prices --- Customs administration --- Trinidad and Tobago

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