Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018–19 have improved across all regions, reinf...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Country Groups
CAPDR
Caribbean Commodity Exp...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
El efecto inflacionario de una depreciación importante y persistente del tipo de cambio ha llevado a reexaminar las respuestas de política monetaria de los bancos centrales de América Latina tra...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The inflationary impact of large and persistent exchange rate depreciation has prompted a reexamination of the monetary policy response of central banks in Latin America in the face of large ext...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Lower global commodity prices, slower growth, and the past use of expansionary policies have contributed to rising public debt in many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean, precipitating...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
Los menores precios de las materias primas, el crecimiento más lento y el uso de políticas expansivas han contribuido al aumento de la deuda pública en muchos países de América Latina y el Carib...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Following a contraction in 2016, growth in Latin America and the Caribbean turned positive in 2017, owing to both a favorable external environment and improving domestic conditions. Growth is ex...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
Tras sufrir una contracción en 2016, el crecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe retornó a terreno positivo en 2017, gracias a un favorable entorno externo y mejoras en las condiciones internas...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
América Latina ha logrado avances impresionantes en la reducción de la desigualdad y la pobreza desde el inicio del siglo, pero sigue siendo la región más desigual del mundo. Los avances fueron...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Latin America has made impressive progress in reducing inequality and poverty since the turn of the century, although it remains the most unequal region in the world. The declines in inequality...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
Departmental Paper No. 18/05
Growing Pains: Is Latin America Prepared for Population Aging?
Lorenzo Figliuoli; Valentina Flamini; Rosalind Mo...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484339879.086
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018-19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expecte...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484348925.086
ISBN: 9781484348925
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018-19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expecte...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018-19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expecte...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
ISBN: 9781484339879
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018-19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expecte...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
The world economy and global trade are experiencing a broad-based cyclical upswing. Since October 2017, global growth outcomes and the outlook for 2018-19 have improved across all regions, reinforced by the expecte...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
11
May
2018
Language: Spanish
ISBN: 9781484348925
La economía mundial y el comercio internacional están experimentando una expansión cíclica generalizada. Desde octubre de 2017, la evolución del crecimiento mundial y las perspectivas para 2018–...
Volume/Issue: 2018/70
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alla Myrvoda
, and
Julien Reynaud
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
March
2018
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484348291.001
ISBN: 9781484348291
This paper empirically investigates international and domestic monetary policy transmission mechanisms in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). We assess interest rate pass-through of both the U.S. policy ra...
Volume/Issue: 2018/70
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Alla Myrvoda
, and
Julien Reynaud
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
March
2018
ISBN: 9781484348291
This paper empirically investigates international and domestic monetary policy transmission mechanisms in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). We assess interest rate pass-through of both the U.S. policy ra...
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: 2017/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
July
2017
ISBN: 9781484307342
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of St. Kitts and Nevis moderated in 2016. Growth moderated, reflecting the deceleration in tourism-linked sectors and contraction in manufa...
Volume/Issue: 2017/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
July
2017
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484307342.002
ISBN: 9781484307342
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of St. Kitts and Nevis moderated in 2016. Growth moderated, reflecting the deceleration in tourism-linked sectors and contraction in manufa...
Volume/Issue: 2017/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
July
2017
ISBN: 9781484307342
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of St. Kitts and Nevis moderated in 2016. Growth moderated, reflecting the deceleration in tourism-linked sectors and contraction in manufa...
Volume/Issue: 2017/186
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
05
July
2017
ISBN: 9781484307342
This 2017 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic performance of St. Kitts and Nevis moderated in 2016. Growth moderated, reflecting the deceleration in tourism-linked sectors and contraction in manufa...
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: 2016/229
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Alla Myrvoda
, and
Shernnel Thompson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
November
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475555714.001
ISBN: 9781475555714
This paper assesses the determinants of NPLs in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and whether a deterioration in asset quality may result in negative feedback effects from the banking system to economic a...
Volume/Issue: 2016/229
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Kimberly Beaton
,
Alla Myrvoda
, and
Shernnel Thompson
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
17
November
2016
ISBN: 9781475555714
This paper assesses the determinants of NPLs in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and whether a deterioration in asset quality may result in negative feedback effects from the banking system to economic a...
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: 2016/185
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: 2016/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
July
2016
ISBN: 9781498387194
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that economy of St. Kitts and Nevis continued its strong growth at about 5 percent, recording the strongest growth in the region during 2013-15. Strong growth has been u...
Volume/Issue: 2016/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
July
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498387194.002
ISBN: 9781498387194
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that economy of St. Kitts and Nevis continued its strong growth at about 5 percent, recording the strongest growth in the region during 2013-15. Strong growth has been u...
Volume/Issue: 2016/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
July
2016
ISBN: 9781498387194
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that economy of St. Kitts and Nevis continued its strong growth at about 5 percent, recording the strongest growth in the region during 2013-15. Strong growth has been u...
Volume/Issue: 2016/250
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
26
July
2016
ISBN: 9781498387194
This 2016 Article IV Consultation highlights that economy of St. Kitts and Nevis continued its strong growth at about 5 percent, recording the strongest growth in the region during 2013-15. Strong growth has been u...
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...
Volume/Issue: 2016/33
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
,
Lu Han
,
Marie Kim
, and
Nicole Laframboise
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
February
2016
ISBN: 9781498375108
This paper studies the role of airlift supply on the tourism sector in the Caribbean. The paper examines the relative importance of U.S.-Caribbean airlift supply factors such as the number of flights, seats, airlin...
Volume/Issue: 2016/33
Series: IMF Working Papers
Author(s):
Sebastian Acevedo Mejia
,
Lu Han
,
Marie Kim
, and
Nicole Laframboise
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
23
February
2016
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781498375108.001
ISBN: 9781498375108
This paper studies the role of airlift supply on the tourism sector in the Caribbean. The paper examines the relative importance of U.S.-Caribbean airlift supply factors such as the number of flights, seats, airlin...
Volume/Issue: 2015/297
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513530581
This paper discusses St. Kitts and Nevis' Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2011 Stand-by Arrangement. The program focused on (1) an ambitious fiscal consolidation, (2) a comprehensive debt restruc...
Volume/Issue: 2015/297
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
October
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513530581.002
ISBN: 9781513530581
This paper discusses St. Kitts and Nevis' Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2011 Stand-by Arrangement. The program focused on (1) an ambitious fiscal consolidation, (2) a comprehensive debt restruc...
Volume/Issue: 2015/297
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513530581
This paper discusses St. Kitts and Nevis' Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2011 Stand-by Arrangement. The program focused on (1) an ambitious fiscal consolidation, (2) a comprehensive debt restruc...
Volume/Issue: 2015/297
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Strategy, Policy, & Review Department
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
29
October
2015
ISBN: 9781513530581
This paper discusses St. Kitts and Nevis' Ex Post Evaluation of Exceptional Access Under the 2011 Stand-by Arrangement. The program focused on (1) an ambitious fiscal consolidation, (2) a comprehensive debt restruc...
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...
Volume/Issue: 2015/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2015
ISBN: 9781513519470
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic situation of St. Kitts and Nevis has continued to improve since the completion of the IMF-supported home-grown economic program in July 2014. Continued...
Volume/Issue: 2015/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2015
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781513519470.002
ISBN: 9781513519470
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic situation of St. Kitts and Nevis has continued to improve since the completion of the IMF-supported home-grown economic program in July 2014. Continued...
Volume/Issue: 2015/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2015
ISBN: 9781513519470
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic situation of St. Kitts and Nevis has continued to improve since the completion of the IMF-supported home-grown economic program in July 2014. Continued...
Volume/Issue: 2015/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2015
ISBN: 9781513519470
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic situation of St. Kitts and Nevis has continued to improve since the completion of the IMF-supported home-grown economic program in July 2014. Continued...
Volume/Issue: 2015/248
Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
04
September
2015
ISBN: 9781513519470
This 2015 Article IV Consultation highlights that the economic situation of St. Kitts and Nevis has continued to improve since the completion of the IMF-supported home-grown economic program in July 2014. Continued...
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...
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
El impacto de la fuerte caída de los precios de las materias primas en las principales economías de América Latina tendrá importantes consecuencias para su posición...
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
Tras haber alcanzado un nivel máximo alrededor de 2010–11, la inversión real se ha desacelerado en América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), en línea con lo acontecido en ot...
Series: Regional Economic Outlook
Author(s):
International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date:
06
May
2015
Language: Spanish
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781484318768.086
ISBN: 9781484318768
Perspectivas económicas: Las Américas, abril de 2015...
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
Perspectivas económicas: Las Américas, abril de 2015...
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
Perspectivas económicas: Las Américas, abril de 2015...
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
El crecimiento en América Latina y el Caribe se desaceleró y se ubicó en un 1,3 por ciento en 2014, y las proyecciones indican que será inferior al 1 por ciento en 2...
