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Contextualizing Jamaica's relationship with the IMF / / Christine Clarke, Carol Nelson
Contextualizing Jamaica's relationship with the IMF / / Christine Clarke, Carol Nelson
Autore Clarke Christine
Edizione [1st ed. 2020.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (XXII, 318 p. 14 illus.)
Disciplina 338.97292
ISBN 3-030-44663-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. Introduction. -2. Jamaica “Comin’ in from de Cold” -- 3. The Moyne Commission -- 4. Jamaica: Independence Realized -- 5. Introducing the International Monetary Fund -- 6. A Clash of Ideologies: Jamaica and the International Monetary Fund -- 7. The 1980s and 1990s: Inflection Points? -- 8. Economic Policy Independence: Jamaica’s Initial Experience -- 9. The Local Approach ‘Under the Microscope’: International Monetary Fund Article IV Reviews -- 10. Born of Crisis: The Public Sector Memorandum of Understanding -- 11. The Perfect Storms.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910468247803321
Clarke Christine  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2020]
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How trade liberalization affects a sugar dependent community in Jamaica : global action, local impact / / Donovan Stanberry
How trade liberalization affects a sugar dependent community in Jamaica : global action, local impact / / Donovan Stanberry
Autore Stanberry Donovan
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (294 pages)
Disciplina 330.9
Collana Palgrave pivot
Soggetto topico Economic history
Sugar trade
ISBN 9783030893590
9783030893583
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Aims of the Book -- Organization of the Book -- 2 The Theoretical Framework -- Introduction -- The Plantation Economy Theory-Antecedents, Inspiration and Features -- Social/Cultural and Psychological Dimensions of Dependency -- Changing the Institutional Environment-Caribbean Perspectives -- Sustainable Development and the Rejection of the Productivism Model -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Origins and Development of a Plantation Economy -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Industry -- Fuelling the Growth and Preserving the Hegemony -- Challenges to King Sugar's Hegemony -- The Institutionalization of a Preferential Trade Regime -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Sugar Industry Post-Independence -- Introduction -- The Facade of Prosperity in the 1960s -- Tate and Lyle Steps Out, Government Steps In: The Cooperative Experiment of the 1970s -- Restructuring in the 1980s to the 1994 Divestment -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Avalanche of Trade Liberalization Since the 1990s -- Introduction -- From London to Brussels: How the Preferential Regime Was Entrenched in the EU -- The Unintended Consequences of the Regime -- How Trade Liberalization and the WTO Dealt the Fatal Blow -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Response -- Introduction -- The Prognosis of the Pundits -- Spectrum of Responses Across the ACP -- St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago -- Belize and Mauritius -- Responses and Positions of Varying Interests in the Jamaican Sugar Industry -- Jamaica Government's Response: The Jamaica Country Strategy (JCS) -- The Jamaica Country Strategy 1 -- The Jamaica Country Strategy II, 2006-2020 -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Conditions of the Monymusk Sugar Dependent Area Before the JCS -- Introduction.
Characterization of Jamaica's Sugar Parishes -- Social Conditions in the Monymusk, Frome and Bernard Lodge SDA and Justification for Selecting Monymusk SDA as the Subject of the Study -- The State of the Environment -- The Regulatory Framework for the Sugar Industry -- The General State of the Environment in Jamaica Before the Implementation of JCS, 2006-2015 -- Environmental State of the Sugar Industry 2008/2010 -- State of Environmental Compliance in the Sugar Industry Before the Implementation of JCS -- Water Quality in the Monymusk SDA -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 The Impact -- Introduction -- Accounting for the Interventions -- Social Impact Assessment -- Assessment of the Impact of the JCS on Grant Recipients -- General Profile of Grant Recipients -- Benefits Received from the STP and the Use of These Benefits -- Perception of Impact -- The Role of the Grants in Assisting Recipients to Meet Their Needs -- Other Indicators of Quality of Life -- Coping Strategies -- Assessment of Impact on Residents of the Monymusk Estate -- Perception of Change in Quality of Life -- Environmental Impact Assessment -- Overview -- Overall Compliance of the Monymusk Estate with the Action Plan Agreed with NEPA in 2011 -- General State of Environmental Management in the Sugar Industry Since the Implementation of the JCS -- Water Quality Impact Assessment -- Methodology -- Comparison of 2016/17 Parameters with 2008/10 Parameters -- Performance of the Other Parameters at Alley Bridge -- Rio Minho River Longitudinal Comparisons -- The Case Study Report-Community's Perspective on Privatization -- Purpose of the Case Study -- Profile of the Monymusk SDA -- Methodology -- Findings and Analysis -- Monymusk Estate-the Centre of the Monymusk SDA -- Socio-Economic Impact of the Privatization of the Monymusk Estate on the SDA -- Awareness of SADP Interventions.
Perspectives on Privatization -- Health and Environmental Impact -- Perspective on the Future -- Conclusion of the Case Study -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 The Current State of the Sugar Industry -- Introduction -- Developments in the Industry Post 2016/17 -- The Pan Caribbean Sugar Company-Monymusk and Frome Factories -- The Golden Grove Sugar Company-St. Thomas -- Everglades Farms Limited -- Appleton Estates Limited -- The Worthy Park Sugar Estate -- Government's Role -- Dismantling of the Jamaica Cane Product Sales Limited -- Rightsizing the Sugar Industry Authority -- Supporting Production -- Creating an Enabling Policy Environment -- Managing Sugar Lands Post-Divestment -- Revival of Sugar Industry Possible? Critical Success Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Discussion and Policy Implications/Recommendations -- Discussion -- Policy Implications/Recommendations -- Index.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910741147203321
Stanberry Donovan  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2022]
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Jamaica [[electronic resource] ] : request for an arrangement under the extended fund facility
Jamaica [[electronic resource] ] : request for an arrangement under the extended fund facility
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (121 p.)
Collana IMF country report
Soggetto topico Monetary policy - Jamaica
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4843-0340-7
1-4843-3793-X
1-4843-4284-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; CONTENTS; BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; POLICY DISCUSSIONS; A. Overview; B. Macroeconomic Framework; C. Restoring Public Debt Sustainability and Strengthening the Public Finances; BOXES; 1. Details of the Debt Exchange; 2. Financial Sector Impact of the Debt Exchange-Stress Testing Results; D. Financial Sector Stability; E. Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Regime; F. The Growth and Social Protection Agenda; PROGRAM DESIGN, FINANCING AND RISKS; G. Program Design; H. Program Financing; I. Risks to Program Implementation; STAFF APPRAISAL; FIGURES; 1. Recent Economic Developments
2. Fiscal Developments3. Financial Sector Developments; 4. Public Debt; TABLES; 1. Selected Economic Indicators; 2. Summary of Central Government Operations (In millions of Jamaican dollars); 3. Summary of Central Government Operations (In percent of GDP); 4. Operations of the Public Entities; 5. Summary Balance of Payments; 6. Summary Accounts of the Bank of Jamaica; 7. Summary Monetary Survey; 8. Structural Program Conditionalities; 9. Quantative Performance Criteria; 10. Indicators of Fund Credit; 11. Schedule of Reviews and Purchases; ANNEXES; I. Exchange Rate Assessment
II. External and Public Debt SustainabilityDSA FIGURES; 1. External Debt Sustainability: Bound Tests; DSA TABLES; 1. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis--Bound Tests; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; APPENDIX; I. Letter of Intent; Attachment 1. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies; Attachment 2. Technical Memorandum of Understanding; CONTENTS; FUND RELATIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK; RELATIONS WITH THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; STATISTICAL ISSUES
Record Nr. UNINA-9910453528203321
Washington, D.C., : International Monetary Fund, 2013
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Jamaica : : Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
Jamaica : : Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (121 p.)
Collana IMF Staff Country Reports
Soggetto topico Monetary policy - Jamaica
Banks and Banking
Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Taxation
Financial Risk Management
Debt
Debt Management
Sovereign Debt
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
Fiscal Policy
Public Enterprises
Public-Private Enterprises
Public finance & taxation
Civil service & public sector
Banking
Education
Sales tax, tariffs & customs duties
Public debt
Revenue administration
Public sector
Fiscal consolidation
Expenditure
Economic sectors
Fiscal policy
Debts, Public
Finance, Public
Revenue
Expenditures, Public
ISBN 1-4843-0340-7
1-4843-3793-X
1-4843-4284-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; CONTENTS; BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; POLICY DISCUSSIONS; A. Overview; B. Macroeconomic Framework; C. Restoring Public Debt Sustainability and Strengthening the Public Finances; BOXES; 1. Details of the Debt Exchange; 2. Financial Sector Impact of the Debt Exchange-Stress Testing Results; D. Financial Sector Stability; E. Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Regime; F. The Growth and Social Protection Agenda; PROGRAM DESIGN, FINANCING AND RISKS; G. Program Design; H. Program Financing; I. Risks to Program Implementation; STAFF APPRAISAL; FIGURES; 1. Recent Economic Developments
2. Fiscal Developments3. Financial Sector Developments; 4. Public Debt; TABLES; 1. Selected Economic Indicators; 2. Summary of Central Government Operations (In millions of Jamaican dollars); 3. Summary of Central Government Operations (In percent of GDP); 4. Operations of the Public Entities; 5. Summary Balance of Payments; 6. Summary Accounts of the Bank of Jamaica; 7. Summary Monetary Survey; 8. Structural Program Conditionalities; 9. Quantative Performance Criteria; 10. Indicators of Fund Credit; 11. Schedule of Reviews and Purchases; ANNEXES; I. Exchange Rate Assessment
II. External and Public Debt SustainabilityDSA FIGURES; 1. External Debt Sustainability: Bound Tests; DSA TABLES; 1. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis--Bound Tests; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; APPENDIX; I. Letter of Intent; Attachment 1. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies; Attachment 2. Technical Memorandum of Understanding; CONTENTS; FUND RELATIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK; RELATIONS WITH THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; STATISTICAL ISSUES
Record Nr. UNINA-9910779768603321
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013
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Jamaica : : Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
Jamaica : : Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (121 p.)
Disciplina 332
Collana IMF Staff Country Reports
Soggetto topico Monetary policy - Jamaica
Banks and Banking
Macroeconomics
Public Finance
Taxation
Financial Risk Management
Debt
Debt Management
Sovereign Debt
Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue: General
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: General
Fiscal Policy
Public Enterprises
Public-Private Enterprises
Public finance & taxation
Civil service & public sector
Banking
Education
Sales tax, tariffs & customs duties
Public debt
Revenue administration
Public sector
Fiscal consolidation
Expenditure
Economic sectors
Fiscal policy
Debts, Public
Finance, Public
Revenue
Expenditures, Public
ISBN 1-4843-0340-7
1-4843-3793-X
1-4843-4284-4
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; CONTENTS; BACKGROUND AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS; POLICY DISCUSSIONS; A. Overview; B. Macroeconomic Framework; C. Restoring Public Debt Sustainability and Strengthening the Public Finances; BOXES; 1. Details of the Debt Exchange; 2. Financial Sector Impact of the Debt Exchange-Stress Testing Results; D. Financial Sector Stability; E. Monetary Policy and Exchange Rate Regime; F. The Growth and Social Protection Agenda; PROGRAM DESIGN, FINANCING AND RISKS; G. Program Design; H. Program Financing; I. Risks to Program Implementation; STAFF APPRAISAL; FIGURES; 1. Recent Economic Developments
2. Fiscal Developments3. Financial Sector Developments; 4. Public Debt; TABLES; 1. Selected Economic Indicators; 2. Summary of Central Government Operations (In millions of Jamaican dollars); 3. Summary of Central Government Operations (In percent of GDP); 4. Operations of the Public Entities; 5. Summary Balance of Payments; 6. Summary Accounts of the Bank of Jamaica; 7. Summary Monetary Survey; 8. Structural Program Conditionalities; 9. Quantative Performance Criteria; 10. Indicators of Fund Credit; 11. Schedule of Reviews and Purchases; ANNEXES; I. Exchange Rate Assessment
II. External and Public Debt SustainabilityDSA FIGURES; 1. External Debt Sustainability: Bound Tests; DSA TABLES; 1. External Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Analysis--Bound Tests; 2. Public Debt Sustainability Framework, 2006/07-2016/17; APPENDIX; I. Letter of Intent; Attachment 1. Memorandum of Economic and Financial Policies; Attachment 2. Technical Memorandum of Understanding; CONTENTS; FUND RELATIONS; RELATIONS WITH THE WORLD BANK; RELATIONS WITH THE INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; STATISTICAL ISSUES
Record Nr. UNINA-9910813683303321
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2013
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Jamaica's evolving relationship with the IMF : there and back again / / Christine Clarke, Carol Nelson
Jamaica's evolving relationship with the IMF : there and back again / / Christine Clarke, Carol Nelson
Autore Clarke Christine
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (340 pages)
Disciplina 332.152
Soggetto topico International Monetary Fund
ISBN 3-030-59204-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910482953403321
Clarke Christine  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2021]
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Overcoming productivity challenges in small countries : lessons from Jamaica / / Andre Haughton and Wendel Ivey
Overcoming productivity challenges in small countries : lessons from Jamaica / / Andre Haughton and Wendel Ivey
Autore Haughton Andre
Edizione [1st ed. 2023.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (312 pages)
Disciplina 929.374
Soggetto topico Economic history
ISBN 3-031-23301-8
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto 1. COVID-19 and Efficiency in a New Global Economy -- 2. Total Factor Productivity & Labour Productivity drivers in Jamaica -- 3. Productivity & Labour Usage in the Goods Producing Sector in Jamaica -- 4. Productivity & Labour Usuage in the Service Providing Sector in Jamaica -- 5. Human Capital, Productivity & Compensation in Jamaica -- 6. Migration and Human Capital Flight -- 7. Remittances -- 8. Corruption & the Informal Economy in Jamaica -- 9. A Growth Comparison of Mauritius and Jamaica -- 10. Forging A Way Forward.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910678258903321
Haughton Andre  
Cham, Switzerland : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , [2023]
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Public debt and productivity [[electronic resource] ] : the difficult quest for growth in Jamaica / / prepared by Rodolphe Blavy
Public debt and productivity [[electronic resource] ] : the difficult quest for growth in Jamaica / / prepared by Rodolphe Blavy
Autore Blavy Rodolphe
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, c2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (27 p.)
Collana IMF working paper
Soggetto topico Debts, Public - Jamaica
Industrial productivity - Jamaica
Public investments - Jamaica
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-4623-1750-2
1-4527-9049-3
1-283-51262-9
1-4519-0948-9
9786613825070
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE PARADOX: LOW GROWTH AND HIGH INVESTMENT ""; ""III. THE MISMEASUREMENT STORY""; ""IV. LOW PRODUCTIVITY: DOES THE LEVEL OF DEBT MATTER?""; ""V. HIGH DEBT AND DECLINING PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA""; ""VI. TAKING STOCK: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910464840403321
Blavy Rodolphe  
[Washington D.C.], : International Monetary Fund, c2006
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Public Debt and Productivity : : The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica / / Rodolphe Blavy
Public Debt and Productivity : : The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica / / Rodolphe Blavy
Autore Blavy Rodolphe
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (27 p.)
Collana IMF Working Papers
Soggetto topico Debts, Public - Jamaica
Industrial productivity - Jamaica
Public investments - Jamaica
Public Finance
Production and Operations Management
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures
Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Debt
Debt Management
Sovereign Debt
Macroeconomics: Production
Informal Economy
Underground Econom
Public finance & taxation
Macroeconomics
Economics of specific sectors
Public debt
Productivity
Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
Public investment spending
Informal economy
Debts, Public
Industrial productivity
Public-private sector cooperation
Public investments
Informal sector
Economics
ISBN 1-4623-1750-2
1-4527-9049-3
1-283-51262-9
1-4519-0948-9
9786613825070
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE PARADOX: LOW GROWTH AND HIGH INVESTMENT ""; ""III. THE MISMEASUREMENT STORY""; ""IV. LOW PRODUCTIVITY: DOES THE LEVEL OF DEBT MATTER?""; ""V. HIGH DEBT AND DECLINING PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA""; ""VI. TAKING STOCK: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910788417403321
Blavy Rodolphe  
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
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Public Debt and Productivity : : The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica / / Rodolphe Blavy
Public Debt and Productivity : : The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica / / Rodolphe Blavy
Autore Blavy Rodolphe
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (27 p.)
Collana IMF Working Papers
Soggetto topico Debts, Public - Jamaica
Industrial productivity - Jamaica
Public investments - Jamaica
Public Finance
Production and Operations Management
National Government Expenditures and Related Policies: Infrastructures
Other Public Investment and Capital Stock
Debt
Debt Management
Sovereign Debt
Macroeconomics: Production
Informal Economy
Underground Econom
Public finance & taxation
Macroeconomics
Economics of specific sectors
Public debt
Productivity
Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP)
Public investment spending
Informal economy
Debts, Public
Industrial productivity
Public-private sector cooperation
Public investments
Informal sector
Economics
ISBN 1-4623-1750-2
1-4527-9049-3
1-283-51262-9
1-4519-0948-9
9786613825070
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto ""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. THE PARADOX: LOW GROWTH AND HIGH INVESTMENT ""; ""III. THE MISMEASUREMENT STORY""; ""IV. LOW PRODUCTIVITY: DOES THE LEVEL OF DEBT MATTER?""; ""V. HIGH DEBT AND DECLINING PRODUCTIVITY: THE CASE OF JAMAICA""; ""VI. TAKING STOCK: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""REFERENCES""
Record Nr. UNINA-9910826318803321
Blavy Rodolphe  
Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006
Materiale a stampa
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