Volume/Issue: 2020/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
December
2020
ISBN: 9781513563671
Barbados has made good progress in implementing its Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuild reserves, and increase growth-but faces major challenges owing...
Volume/Issue: 2020/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
December
2020
ISBN: 9781513563671
Barbados has made good progress in implementing its Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuild reserves, and increase growth-but faces major challenges owing...
Volume/Issue: 2020/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
December
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513563671.002
ISBN: 9781513563671
Barbados has made good progress in implementing its Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuild reserves, and increase growth-but faces major challenges owing...
Volume/Issue: 2020/314
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
December
2020
ISBN: 9781513563671
Barbados has made good progress in implementing its Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT) plan to restore fiscal and debt sustainability, rebuild reserves, and increase growth-but faces major challenges owing...
Volume/Issue: 192020/192
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2020
ISBN: 9781513546711
This paper focuses on Barbados' Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Requests for Augmentation of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria. Barbados continues its strong implementation of the compre...
Volume/Issue: 192020/192
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2020
ISBN: 9781513546711
This paper focuses on Barbados' Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Requests for Augmentation of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria. Barbados continues its strong implementation of the compre...
Volume/Issue: 192020/192
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513546711.002
ISBN: 9781513546711
This paper focuses on Barbados' Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Requests for Augmentation of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria. Barbados continues its strong implementation of the compre...
Volume/Issue: 192020/192
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
08
June
2020
ISBN: 9781513546711
This paper focuses on Barbados' Third Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Requests for Augmentation of Access, and Modification of Performance Criteria. Barbados continues its strong implementation of the compre...
Volume/Issue: 2020/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Myrvin Anthony
,
Gregorio Impavido
, and
Bert van Selm
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
February
2020
ISBN: 9781513529967
This paper examines the causes, processes, and outcomes of Barbados' 2018-19 sovereign debt restructuring-its first ever. The restructuring was comprehensive, featuring several rarely used approaches, including the...
Volume/Issue: 2020/34
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Myrvin Anthony
,
Gregorio Impavido
, and
Bert van Selm
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
21
February
2020
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513529967.001
ISBN: 9781513529967
This paper examines the causes, processes, and outcomes of Barbados' 2018-19 sovereign debt restructuring-its first ever. The restructuring was comprehensive, featuring several rarely used approaches, including the...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513523453.002
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/370
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
18
December
2019
ISBN: 9781513523453
This paper presents 2019 Article IV Consultation with Barbados and its Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement, Request for Completion of the Financing Assurances Review, and Modification of Performance Criter...
Volume/Issue: 2019/182
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498321648
First Review under the Extended Arrangement and Request for the Completion of the Financing Assurances Review and Modification of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive D...
Volume/Issue: 2019/182
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498321648
First Review under the Extended Arrangement and Request for the Completion of the Financing Assurances Review and Modification of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive D...
Volume/Issue: 2019/182
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498321648.002
ISBN: 9781498321648
First Review under the Extended Arrangement and Request for the Completion of the Financing Assurances Review and Modification of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive D...
Volume/Issue: 2019/182
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
June
2019
ISBN: 9781498321648
First Review under the Extended Arrangement and Request for the Completion of the Financing Assurances Review and Modification of Performance Criteria - Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive D...
Volume/Issue: 2018/290
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2018
ISBN: 9781484378786
This paper discusses Barbados' Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorities have requested a 4-year EFF arrangement that would be appropriate given the structural natu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/290
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2018
ISBN: 9781484378786
This paper discusses Barbados' Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorities have requested a 4-year EFF arrangement that would be appropriate given the structural natu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/290
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2018
ISBN: 9781484378786
This paper discusses Barbados' Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorities have requested a 4-year EFF arrangement that would be appropriate given the structural natu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/290
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484378786.002
ISBN: 9781484378786
This paper discusses Barbados' Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorities have requested a 4-year EFF arrangement that would be appropriate given the structural natu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/290
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
October
2018
ISBN: 9781484378786
This paper discusses Barbados' Request for an Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF). The authorities have requested a 4-year EFF arrangement that would be appropriate given the structural natu...
Volume/Issue: 2018/134
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Gregorio Impavido
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
June
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484361580.001
ISBN: 9781484361580
Inflation in Barbados is mainly imported. But how are external shocks transmitted to the domestic economy? Shouldn't there be also a domestic component, albeit very small, given the presence of capital controls? We...
Volume/Issue: 2018/134
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Gregorio Impavido
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
June
2018
ISBN: 9781484361580
Inflation in Barbados is mainly imported. But how are external shocks transmitted to the domestic economy? Shouldn't there be also a domestic component, albeit very small, given the presence of capital controls? We...
Volume/Issue: 2018/134
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484358320
This Selected Issues paper summarizes recent development in Barbados's International Business and Financial Services (IBFS) sector and assesses the extent to which the loss of correspondent banking relationships (C...
Volume/Issue: 2018/133
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484358276
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Barbados' deficit declined to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2016, about of half that in 2014, owing to lower energy prices and a recovery in export earnings. The current ac...
Volume/Issue: 2018/133
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484358276
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Barbados' deficit declined to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2016, about of half that in 2014, owing to lower energy prices and a recovery in export earnings. The current ac...
Volume/Issue: 2018/133
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484358276
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Barbados' deficit declined to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2016, about of half that in 2014, owing to lower energy prices and a recovery in export earnings. The current ac...
Volume/Issue: 2018/133
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484358276.002
ISBN: 9781484358276
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Barbados' deficit declined to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2016, about of half that in 2014, owing to lower energy prices and a recovery in export earnings. The current ac...
Volume/Issue: 2018/134
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484358320.002
ISBN: 9781484358320
This Selected Issues paper summarizes recent development in Barbados's International Business and Financial Services (IBFS) sector and assesses the extent to which the loss of correspondent banking relationships (C...
Volume/Issue: 2018/133
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
30
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484358276
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that Barbados' deficit declined to 4.4 percent of GDP in 2016, about of half that in 2014, owing to lower energy prices and a recovery in export earnings. The current ac...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The Caribbean region is highly dependent on tourism. The role of tourism in economic activity in the region increased steadily following the dismantling of the system of...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The growth of Caribbean tourism other than to Cuba is partly a post–Cuban revolution phenomenon. After the Cuban revolution in 1959, U.S. travel restrictions in 1963 clo...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Many economies in the Caribbean region have been caught in a low growth–high debt trap for decades. Debt has been built up over the years through large fiscal deficits,...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in the Caribbean, where emigrants account for more than 20 percent of the region’s population, compared...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The cost of electricity in the Caribbean has been persistently high over the past two decades, and has eroded competitiveness. This situation is largely due to serious i...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Financial development, by providing agents with better market access, liquidity, and diversity of instruments, has the potential to unleash new growth sources and help c...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The global financial crisis of 2008–09 and, in the Caribbean, the crisis stemming from the collapse of Trinidad and Tobago–based CL Financial Group in 2009, raised aware...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The Caribbean economies face difficult fiscal challenges, reflected in their high and rising levels of deficits and debt. Large fiscal deficits and debt have been built...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
A correspondent banking relationship (CBR) is a bilateral arrangement between banks, often involving a cross-border relationship in multiple currencies. According to Erb...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The number of economic citizenship programs (ECPs) has surged in recent years. An increasing number of countries, especially in the Caribbean, are offering opportunities...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
The Caribbean region weathered the global financial crisis relatively well, but the quality of bank assets gradually deteriorated during the subsequent economic recessio...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Growth in the Caribbean has been disappointing in recent decades. Averaging 2.1 percent per year since 2000, real GDP growth for the Caribbean has been half that of othe...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Tax incentives are all too pervasive in the Caribbean and have been an integral part of the tax systems since the 1970s. They were enacted to attract private investment...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Since attaining independence in the 1960s and 1970s, Caribbean countries have registered strong economic and social outcomes. Per capita incomes have risen, with most Caribbean coun...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
Introduction
Crime—particularly violent crime—is pervasive in the Caribbean and imposes a serious economic and social burden on the countries in the region. An average of 40 percent...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484315194.071
ISBN: 9781484315194
This book provides a diagnosis of the central economic and financial challenges facing Caribbean policymakers and offers broad policy recommendations for promoting a sustained and inclusive increase in economic wel...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
This book provides a diagnosis of the central economic and financial challenges facing Caribbean policymakers and offers broad policy recommendations for promoting a sustained and inclusive increase in economic wel...
Series: Books
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Otker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
13
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484315194
This book provides a diagnosis of the central economic and financial challenges facing Caribbean policymakers and offers broad policy recommendations for promoting a sustained and inclusive increase in economic wel...
Volume/Issue: 2017/230
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Thomas Dowling
,
Dmitriy Kovtun
,
Franz Loyola
,
Alla Myrvoda
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
,
Inci Ötker
, and
Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
November
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484326572.001
ISBN: 9781484326572
The high level of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the Caribbean has been, in large part, a legacy of the global financial crisis, but their persistence owes much to the weak economic recovery in the region, as well a...
Volume/Issue: 2017/230
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Thomas Dowling
,
Dmitriy Kovtun
,
Franz Loyola
,
Alla Myrvoda
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
,
Inci Ötker
, and
Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
November
2017
ISBN: 9781484326572
The high level of nonperforming loans (NPLs) in the Caribbean has been, in large part, a legacy of the global financial crisis, but their persistence owes much to the weak economic recovery in the region, as well a...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Ötker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
2017
ISBN: 9781484322154
Since attaining independence in the 1960s and 1970s, Caribbean countries have registered strong economic and social outcomes. Per capita incomes have risen, with most Caribbean countries now in the top 25 pe...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Ötker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484322154.073
ISBN: 9781484322154
This book provides a diagnosis of the central economic and financial challenges facing Caribbean policymakers and offers broad policy recommendations for promoting a sustained and inclusive increase in economic wel...
Series: Miscellaneous Publication (Other)
Author(s):
Krishna Srinivasan
,
Inci Ötker
,
Uma Ramakrishnan
, and
Trevor Alleyne
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
2017
ISBN: 9781484322154
This book provides a diagnosis of the central economic and financial challenges facing Caribbean policymakers and offers broad policy recommendations for promoting a sustained and inclusive increase in economic wel...
Volume/Issue: 2017/209
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
,
Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe
,
Thomas Dowling
,
Dmitriy Kovtun
,
Alla Myrvoda
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
, and
Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484320686.001
ISBN: 9781484320686
Banks across the Caribbean have lost important Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBRs). The macroeconomic impact has so far been limited, in part because banks either have multiple relationships or have been suc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/209
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Trevor Alleyne
,
Jacques Bouhga-Hagbe
,
Thomas Dowling
,
Dmitriy Kovtun
,
Alla Myrvoda
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
, and
Jarkko Turunen
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
September
2017
ISBN: 9781484320686
Banks across the Caribbean have lost important Correspondent Banking Relationships (CBRs). The macroeconomic impact has so far been limited, in part because banks either have multiple relationships or have been suc...
Volume/Issue: 2017/144
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Svetlana Cerovic
,
Misael Galdamez
,
Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov
,
Franz Loyola
,
Zsoka Koczan
,
Bogdan Lissovolik
,
Jan Martijn
,
Yulia Ustyugova
, and
Joyce Wong
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
June
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484303641.001
ISBN: 9781484303641
Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper examines recent trends in outward migr...
Volume/Issue: 2017/144
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Svetlana Cerovic
,
Misael Galdamez
,
Metodij Hadzi-Vaskov
,
Franz Loyola
,
Zsoka Koczan
,
Bogdan Lissovolik
,
Jan Martijn
,
Yulia Ustyugova
, and
Joyce Wong
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484303641
Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper examines recent trends in outward migr...
Volume/Issue: 2017/138
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ahmed El-Ashram
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
June
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484302453.001
ISBN: 9781484302453
The question of how scaling up public investment could affect fiscal and debt sustainability is key for countries needing to fill infrastructure gaps and build resilience. This paper proposes a bottom-up approach t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/138
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Ahmed El-Ashram
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
12
June
2017
ISBN: 9781484302453
The question of how scaling up public investment could affect fiscal and debt sustainability is key for countries needing to fill infrastructure gaps and build resilience. This paper proposes a bottom-up approach t...
Volume/Issue: 2017/88
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Stephane Schlotterbeck
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
April
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475592610.001
ISBN: 9781475592610
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 perfor...
Volume/Issue: 2017/88
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Stephane Schlotterbeck
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
April
2017
ISBN: 9781475592610
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 perfor...
Volume/Issue: 2017/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Cheng Lim
,
Alexander Klemm
,
Sumiko Ogawa
,
Marco Pani
, and
Claudio Visconti
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
March
2017
ISBN: 9781475589597
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now publish financial stability
reports. This study reviews their latest issues to assess their content, quality, and
transparency. While some reports provide a str...
Volume/Issue: 2017/73
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Cheng Lim
,
Alexander Klemm
,
Sumiko Ogawa
,
Marco Pani
, and
Claudio Visconti
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
28
March
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475589597.001
ISBN: 9781475589597
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now publish financial stability
reports. This study reviews their latest issues to assess their content, quality, and
transparency. While some reports provide a str...
Volume/Issue: 2017/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
March
2017
ISBN: 9781475586015
This Cluster Report explores opportunities for trade integration in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It finds that the region can reap significant growth benefits from further trade integration. With tra...
Volume/Issue: 2017/66
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
10
March
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475586015.002
ISBN: 9781475586015
This Cluster Report explores opportunities for trade integration in the Latin America and the Caribbean region. It finds that the region can reap significant growth benefits from further trade integration. With tra...
Volume/Issue: 2016/206
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Koffie Ben Nassar
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
,
Mike Li
,
Timothy Robinson
, and
Saji Thomas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
October
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475545432.001
ISBN: 9781475545432
Weighed down by population aging, slow economic growth, and high unemployment, National Insurance Schemes in the Caribbean are projected to run substantial deficits and deplete their assets in the next decades, rai...
Volume/Issue: 2016/206
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Koffie Ben Nassar
,
Joel Chiedu Okwuokei
,
Mike Li
,
Timothy Robinson
, and
Saji Thomas
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
October
2016
ISBN: 9781475545432
Weighed down by population aging, slow economic growth, and high unemployment, National Insurance Schemes in the Caribbean are projected to run substantial deficits and deplete their assets in the next decades, rai...
Volume/Issue: 2016/199
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
October
2016
ISBN: 9781475544763
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones' characteristics with reported damages. I estimate the relat...
Volume/Issue: 2016/199
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
14
October
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475544763.001
ISBN: 9781475544763
This paper studies the economic costs of hurricanes in the Caribbean by constructing a novel dataset that combines a detailed record of tropical cyclones' characteristics with reported damages. I estimate the relat...
Volume/Issue: 2016/189
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Keyra Primus
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475536874
This paper examines the relative effectiveness of the use of indirect and direct monetary
policy instruments in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, by estimating a
restricted Vector Autoregressive model with...
Volume/Issue: 2016/189
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Keyra Primus
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
16
September
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475536874.001
ISBN: 9781475536874
This paper examines the relative effectiveness of the use of indirect and direct monetary
policy instruments in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, by estimating a
restricted Vector Autoregressive model with...
Volume/Issue: 2016/185
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Valerie Cerra
,
Alfredo Cuevas
,
Carlos Góes
,
Izabela Karpowicz
,
Troy Matheson
,
Issouf Samaké
, and
Svetlana Vtyurina
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
September
2016
ISBN: 9781475536744
Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and
development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive
overview of infrastructure in the region and...
Volume/Issue: 2016/185
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Valerie Cerra
,
Alfredo Cuevas
,
Carlos Góes
,
Izabela Karpowicz
,
Troy Matheson
,
Issouf Samaké
, and
Svetlana Vtyurina
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
15
September
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475536744.001
ISBN: 9781475536744
Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and
development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive
overview of infrastructure in the region and...
Volume/Issue: 2016/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530360
This Selected Issues paper discusses data issues and postcrisis growth in Barbados. An analysis of the data on Barbados shows very clear inconsistencies among the various measures of economic development. Although...
Volume/Issue: 2016/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530360
This Selected Issues paper discusses data issues and postcrisis growth in Barbados. An analysis of the data on Barbados shows very clear inconsistencies among the various measures of economic development. Although...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/280
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475530360.002
ISBN: 9781475530360
This Selected Issues paper discusses data issues and postcrisis growth in Barbados. An analysis of the data on Barbados shows very clear inconsistencies among the various measures of economic development. Although...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475530353.002
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/279
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
August
2016
ISBN: 9781475530353
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economy of Barbados appears to have turned a corner with a pickup in activity. Real GDP grew by 0.8 percent in 2015, underpinned by an increase in private inves...
Volume/Issue: 2016/82
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kevin Greenidge
,
Meredith McIntyre
, and
Hanlei Yun
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484321812.001
ISBN: 9781484321812
Since the 1980's with the introduction of IMF/WB adjustment programs structural reforms have been a core part of the reform agenda in the Caribbean. The paper reviewed the package of structural reforms in trade lib...
Volume/Issue: 2016/82
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kevin Greenidge
,
Meredith McIntyre
, and
Hanlei Yun
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
April
2016
ISBN: 9781484321812
Since the 1980's with the introduction of IMF/WB adjustment programs structural reforms have been a core part of the reform agenda in the Caribbean. The paper reviewed the package of structural reforms in trade lib...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
El crecimiento mundial se mantiene moderado y desigual. Después de registrar un retroceso a principios de 2015, el ritmo de la actividad mundial repuntó, pero las perspectivas de crecimiento sig...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
La región de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) está menos abierta al comercio exterior que la mayoría de las otras regiones de mercados emergentes. En este capítulo se observa que en la mayoría d...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
La actividad económica en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) está atravesando una desaceleración prolongada, en tándem con una mayor debilidad de los fundamentos económicos subyacentes. Se proyect...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
En los últimos años, muchos países de América Latina y el Caribe (ALC) hicieron grandes esfuerzos para desarrollar sus sistemas financieros. En este capítulo se analiza el estado actual del desa...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513540610.086
ISBN: 9781513540610
....
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
....
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
....
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
Después de registrar un retroceso a principios de 2015, el ritmo de la actividad mundial repuntó, pero las perspectivas de crecimiento siguen siendo moderadas, tanto a corto como a mediano plazo. La recupera...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
07
October
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781513540610
Mientras América Latina experimenta una fuerte desaceleración económica, el fortalecimiento de la economía en Estados Unidos crea el marco para que la Reserva Federal continúe normalizando la or...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
May
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484318768
La diversificación y la complejidad económica—en términos de la gama de productos que produce un país y del nivel de sofisticación de esos productos—son importantes para el crecimiento a largo p...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
May
2015
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484318768
En un marco de perspectivas menos favorables, precios del petróleo más bajos y oscilaciones cambiarias, el crecimiento mundial continúa siendo modesto y desigual. El...