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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816694203321

Autore

Robinson David

Titolo

The Caribbean : : From Vulnerability to Sustained Growth / / David Robinson, Paul Cashin, Ratna Sahay

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

1-4552-4588-7

1-4527-8568-6

1-283-53793-1

9786613850386

1-4519-6246-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (362 p.)

Collana

Books

Altri autori (Persone)

CashinPaul

SahayRatna

Soggetti

Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area

Business cycles - Caribbean Area

Natural disasters - Economic aspects - Caribbean Area

Tourism - Caribbean Area

Brain drain - Caribbean Area

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

Natural disasters

Public finance & taxation

Currency

Foreign exchange

Migration, immigration & emigration



International economics

Tax incentives

Migration

Fiscal stance

Public debt

Environment

Population and demographics

Fiscal policy

Exchange rate arrangements

Emigration and immigration

Debts, Public

Caribbean Area Economic conditions

Antigua and Barbuda

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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.