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Record Nr.

UNINA9910456094403321

Titolo

The Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : from vulnerability to sustained growth / / edited by Ratna Sahay, David O. Robinson, and Paul Cashin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, c2006

ISBN

1-4552-4588-7

1-4527-8568-6

1-283-53793-1

9786613850386

1-4519-6246-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Books

Altri autori (Persone)

SahayRatna

RobinsonDavid O

CashinPaul

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area

Business cycles - Caribbean Area

Natural disasters - Economic aspects - Caribbean Area

Tourism - Caribbean Area

Brain drain - Caribbean Area

Electronic books.

Caribbean Area Economic conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

; Overview / Ratna Sahay, David O. Robinson, and Paul Cashin -- Stabilization, debt, and fiscal policy in the Caribbean / Ratna Sahay -- Fiscal policy: is the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union a free-riding paradise? / Rupa Duttagupta and Guillermo Tolosa -- Key features of Caribbean business cycles / Paul Cashin -- Islands of stability? Determinants of macroeconomic volatility in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union / Tobias Rasmussen and Guillermo Tolosa -- Eastern Caribbean Currency Union banking system in a time of fiscal challenge / Jingqing Chai -- Natural disasters and their macroeconomic implications / Tobias Rasmussen -- Government responses to natural



disasters in the Caribbean / Paul Cashin and Pawel Dyczewski -- Emigration and brain drain from the Caribbean / Prachi Mishra -- Tax concessions and foreign direct investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union / Jingqing Chai and Rishi Goyal -- Eastern Caribbean tourism: developments and outlook / Ruby Randall -- Integration and growth in the Eastern Caribbean / Montfort Mlachila, Wendell Samuel, and Patrick Njoroge.