Caribbean renewal : tackling fiscal and debt challenges / / editors, Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones

• Pubblicazione: Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (315 p.)
• Disciplina: 336
• Soggetto topico: Finance, Public - Caribbean Area; Debts, Public - Caribbean Area; Fiscal policy - Caribbean Area
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): YarteyCharles Amo; Turner-JonesTherese
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Acronyms; Foreword; Acknowledgments; About the Authors; 1 Fiscal Consolidation and Debt Reduction in the Caribbean: An Overview; 2 Fiscal Performance in the Caribbean Before and After the Global Financial Crisis; 3 Public Debt Profile and Public Debt Management in the Caribbean; 4 Global Large Debt Reduction: Lessons for the Caribbean; 5 Fiscal Consolidation: Country Experiences and Lessons from the Empirical Literature; 6 Fiscal Sustainability and Public Debt Limits in the Caribbean: An Illustrative Analysis ; 7 Fiscal Consolidation in the Caribbean: Past and Current Experiences8 Fiscal Multipliers in the Caribbean; 9 Selected Debt Restructuring Experiences in the Caribbean; 10 Fiscal Policy and the Current Account in Microstates; 11 Fiscal Policy Rules and Fiscal Performance: Evidence from Microstates; 12 Fiscal and Debt Sustainability in the Caribbean: A New Agenda; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
• Sommario/riassunto: Caribbean economies face high and rising debt-to-GDP ratios that jeopardize prospects for medium-term debt sustainability and growth. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean. It examines the problem of high debt in the region and discusses policy options for improving debt sustainability, including fiscal consolidation, robust growth, and structural reforms. The book also examines empirically the factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes to draw important policy lessons for the Caribbean. It also re
• Titolo autorizzato: Caribbean renewal
• ISBN: 1-4843-7759-1; 1-4843-2117-0; 1-4843-1296-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458349803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II