LEADER 06715oam 22014774 450 001 9910816694203321 005 20240410162103.0 010 $a1-4552-4588-7 010 $a1-4527-8568-6 010 $a1-283-53793-1 010 $a9786613850386 010 $a1-4519-6246-0 035 $a(CKB)2470000000001349 035 $a(EBL)3012485 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000085737 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11123855 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000085737 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10025517 035 $a(PQKB)10503979 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3012485 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10300273 035 $a(OCoLC)651835308 035 $a(IMF)CVSGEE 035 $a(IMF)CVSGEA 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3012485 035 $a(EXLCZ)992470000000001349 100 $a20020129d2006 uf 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Caribbean : $eFrom Vulnerability to Sustained Growth /$fDavid Robinson, Paul Cashin, Ratna Sahay 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aWashington, D.C. :$cInternational Monetary Fund,$d2006. 215 $a1 online resource (362 p.) 225 1 $aBooks 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58906-514-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $gOverview /$rRatna Sahay, David O. Robinson, and Paul Cashin --$tStabilization, debt, and fiscal policy in the Caribbean /$rRatna Sahay --$tFiscal policy: is the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union a free-riding paradise? /$rRupa Duttagupta and Guillermo Tolosa --$tKey features of Caribbean business cycles /$rPaul Cashin --$tIslands of stability? Determinants of macroeconomic volatility in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union /$rTobias Rasmussen and Guillermo Tolosa --$tEastern Caribbean Currency Union banking system in a time of fiscal challenge /$rJingqing Chai --$tNatural disasters and their macroeconomic implications /$rTobias Rasmussen --$tGovernment responses to natural disasters in the Caribbean /$rPaul Cashin and Pawel Dyczewski --$tEmigration and brain drain from the Caribbean /$rPrachi Mishra --$tTax concessions and foreign direct investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union /$rJingqing Chai and Rishi Goyal --$tEastern Caribbean tourism: developments and outlook /$rRuby Randall --$tIntegration and growth in the Eastern Caribbean /$rMontfort Mlachila, Wendell Samuel, and Patrick Njoroge. 330 3 $aThis 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. 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