Accelerating trade and integration in the Caribbean : : policy options for sustained growth, job creation, and poverty reduction / / Yvone Tsikata, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, Pamela Coke Hamilton
| Accelerating trade and integration in the Caribbean : : policy options for sustained growth, job creation, and poverty reduction / / Yvone Tsikata, Emmanuel Pinto Moreira, Pamela Coke Hamilton |
| Autore | Tsikata Yvonne M |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank : , : Organizations of American States, , c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | xlix, 311 pages : illustrations ; ; 26 cm |
| Disciplina | 337.1/729 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
MoreiraEmmanuel Pinto
HamiltonPamela Coke |
| Collana | A World Bank country study |
| Soggetto topico | Free trade - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN | 0-8213-8019-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Part I: Overview of Economic and Trade System Context; Table 1.1. Caribbean Economies: Real GDP Growth, 1997-2006; Table 1.2. Caribbean Economies: Inflation Rates, 1997-2006; Box 1. Effects of the Financial Crisis on Trade and Economic Growth in the Caribbean; Table 1.3. Caribbean Economies: Merchandise Trade Balance, 1997-2006; Table 1.4. Caribbean Economies: Current Account Balance, 1997-2006; Table 1.5. Caribbean Economies: Overall Fiscal Balance, 1997-2006
Table 1.6. Caribbean Economies: Public Sector External Debt, 1997-2006Table 1.7. Unemployment Rates in Selected Caribbean Countries, 2002-06; Table 1.8. Selected Infrastructure Indicators of Caribbean Countries and Comparable Developing Countries, 2004-06; Table 1.9. Logistic Performance Index Caribbean Countries and Comparable Developing Countries; Table 1.10. Per Capita Consumption of Electric Power; Table 1.11. Air Transport, Freight; Box 2. Infrastructure, Trade and Growth: Linkages and Implications for the Trade Agenda of Caribbean Countries Box 3. History of Regional Integration in the Caribbean: Key Dates and DevelopmentsFigure 2.1. Share of Regional Exports, 2005; Figure 2.2. Intra-Caricom Export Growth; Table 2.1. CARICOM: CET and National Applied Tariffs in Selected Countries, 2003; Figure 2.3. Exports Plus Imports of Goods and Services, 1995 vs. 2005/6; Figure 2.4. Trade in Services, 2005; Table 2.2. Share of Mercahndise Exports by Country, 2006; Figure 2.5. CARIFORUM Main Export Partners, 2001-06; Figure 2.6. Principal Exports to the EU, 1999 versus 2006 Box 4. Aid for Trade: Rationale and Implications for Trade Reform in the CaribbeanTable 2.3. Comparing the Frameworks: The EPA versus the Lomé/Cotonou Agreement; Table 2.4. Caribbean Bilateral and Regional Trade Architecture; Figure 2.7. Principal Exports to the USA, 1999 versus 2006; Box 5. Principal Organs and Bodies of CARICOM; Table 2.5. Financing of CARICOM Secretariat: Member State Contributions; Figure 3.1. Merchandise Export Performance in the Caribbean, 1995-2006; Figure 3.2. Export Indices for the Caribbean and the World and Developing Countries, 1995-2006 Figure 3.3. Export Indices for the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, 1995-2006Figure 3.4. Merchandise Import Performance in the Caribbean, 1995-2006; Figure 3.5. CARICOM: Sector Composition of Exports, 1995 and 2006; Figure 3.6. Merchandise Exports by Destination, 1995 and 2006; Figure 3.7. Principal Exports to the EU, 1999 versus 2006; Figure 3.8. Principal Exports to the USA, 1999 versus 2006; Table 3.1. Index of Average Wage of Exports; Figure 3.9. Caribbean Exports Plus Imports Compared to Selected Asian Countries, 1980-2006 Figure 3.10. Caribbean Exports Plus Imports, 1980-2006 |
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Accelerating trade and integration in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : policy options for sustained growth, job creation, and poverty reduction
| Accelerating trade and integration in the Caribbean [[electronic resource] ] : policy options for sustained growth, job creation, and poverty reduction |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2009 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (364 p.) |
| Disciplina | 337.1/729 |
| Collana | A World Bank country study |
| Soggetto topico | Free trade - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-8213-8019-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Executive Summary; Part I: Overview of Economic and Trade System Context; Table 1.1. Caribbean Economies: Real GDP Growth, 1997-2006; Table 1.2. Caribbean Economies: Inflation Rates, 1997-2006; Box 1. Effects of the Financial Crisis on Trade and Economic Growth in the Caribbean; Table 1.3. Caribbean Economies: Merchandise Trade Balance, 1997-2006; Table 1.4. Caribbean Economies: Current Account Balance, 1997-2006; Table 1.5. Caribbean Economies: Overall Fiscal Balance, 1997-2006
Table 1.6. Caribbean Economies: Public Sector External Debt, 1997-2006Table 1.7. Unemployment Rates in Selected Caribbean Countries, 2002-06; Table 1.8. Selected Infrastructure Indicators of Caribbean Countries and Comparable Developing Countries, 2004-06; Table 1.9. Logistic Performance Index Caribbean Countries and Comparable Developing Countries; Table 1.10. Per Capita Consumption of Electric Power; Table 1.11. Air Transport, Freight; Box 2. Infrastructure, Trade and Growth: Linkages and Implications for the Trade Agenda of Caribbean Countries Box 3. History of Regional Integration in the Caribbean: Key Dates and DevelopmentsFigure 2.1. Share of Regional Exports, 2005; Figure 2.2. Intra-Caricom Export Growth; Table 2.1. CARICOM: CET and National Applied Tariffs in Selected Countries, 2003; Figure 2.3. Exports Plus Imports of Goods and Services, 1995 vs. 2005/6; Figure 2.4. Trade in Services, 2005; Table 2.2. Share of Mercahndise Exports by Country, 2006; Figure 2.5. CARIFORUM Main Export Partners, 2001-06; Figure 2.6. Principal Exports to the EU, 1999 versus 2006 Box 4. Aid for Trade: Rationale and Implications for Trade Reform in the CaribbeanTable 2.3. Comparing the Frameworks: The EPA versus the Lomé/Cotonou Agreement; Table 2.4. Caribbean Bilateral and Regional Trade Architecture; Figure 2.7. Principal Exports to the USA, 1999 versus 2006; Box 5. Principal Organs and Bodies of CARICOM; Table 2.5. Financing of CARICOM Secretariat: Member State Contributions; Figure 3.1. Merchandise Export Performance in the Caribbean, 1995-2006; Figure 3.2. Export Indices for the Caribbean and the World and Developing Countries, 1995-2006 Figure 3.3. Export Indices for the Caribbean, Central America, and South America, 1995-2006Figure 3.4. Merchandise Import Performance in the Caribbean, 1995-2006; Figure 3.5. CARICOM: Sector Composition of Exports, 1995 and 2006; Figure 3.6. Merchandise Exports by Destination, 1995 and 2006; Figure 3.7. Principal Exports to the EU, 1999 versus 2006; Figure 3.8. Principal Exports to the USA, 1999 versus 2006; Table 3.1. Index of Average Wage of Exports; Figure 3.9. Caribbean Exports Plus Imports Compared to Selected Asian Countries, 1980-2006 Figure 3.10. Caribbean Exports Plus Imports, 1980-2006 |
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Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova and Konstantin M. Wacker
| Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova and Konstantin M. Wacker |
| Autore | Thompson Araujo Jorge |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 338.98 |
| Collana | Latin American development forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Latin America
Economic development - Caribbean Area |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798867503321 |
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Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova and Konstantin M. Wacker
| Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo, Markus Brueckner, Mateo Clavijo, Ekaterina Vostroknutova and Konstantin M. Wacker |
| Autore | Thompson Araujo Jorge |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, DC : , : World Bank, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (pages cm) |
| Disciplina | 338.98 |
| Collana | Latin American development forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Latin America
Economic development - Caribbean Area |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Why This Study? -- Key Results -- Outline of the Report -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: Stylized Facts -- Overview of Growth in the Region -- Patterns of Growth in LAC -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 3: Modeling Economic Growth and Baseline Results -- Drivers of Economic Growth -- Model of the Drivers of Economic Growth -- Baseline Model -- Diagnostic Checks -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 4: Role of External Factors -- How Did External Factors Affect Growth in LAC? -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 5: Role of Domestic Factors -- Inflation and Macroeconomic Volatility -- Impact of Stabilization Policies -- Impact of Structural Policies -- Need for Continued Reform -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 6: Extensions of the Model -- Potential Parameter Heterogeneity -- Potential Complementarities -- Beyond the Short-Run/Long-Run Dichotomy: Alternative Stabilization Measures -- Alternative Measures of Infrastructure -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 7: What Might the Future Hold for LAC? -- Trends from the Past Decade -- Commodity Prices -- Benchmarking Exercise on the Effects of Changes in Structural and Stabilization Features -- Stabilization Policy Benchmarking -- Structural Policy Benchmarking -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 8: What Do the Findings Mean for the Policy Debate? -- Drivers of Growth -- Benchmarking -- Sound Macro Policy -- Governments' Role -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 9: Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Appendix A: Setup and Estimation Methodology -- Robustness Checks -- Benchmarking Methodology -- Notes -- References -- Appendix B: Tables and Figures -- References -- Boxes -- 3.1 Interpreting the Regression Parameters.
4.1 How Can a Commodity Boom Drive a Virtuous Cycle of Growth? -- Figures -- 1.1 Growth in LAC, 1985-2013 -- 1.2 Growth and Incomes of the Poor since 1981 -- 1.3 Growth and Incomes of the Poor since 2000 -- 2.1 Growth of Countries in LAC since 2000 Compared with the Previous Period -- 2.2 Regional Income Levels Relative to Income in the United States, 1980-2012 -- 2.3 Growth Rates, 2000-12 (Average Annual Per Capita Growth, Purchasing Power Parity) -- 2.4 Variation in Growth across LAC -- 2.5 Contribution of Expenditure Components to Real GDP Growth in LAC -- 2.6 Labor Force Participation Rates in LAC -- 2.7 Decomposition of the Income Gap -- 3.1 Effects of Policies on Economic Growth in LAC -- 3.2 Economic Growth Regressions -- 3.3 Actual and Predicted Change in log GDP per Capita, 2006-10 and 1996-2000 -- 4.1 LAC Growth and Selected External Conditions -- 4.2 Common Economic Growth Headwinds and Tailwinds -- B4.1.1 Schematic of the Effects of a Commodity Price Boom -- 4.3 Predicted Growth Effect from Persistence, Policies, and External Conditions -- 4.4 Net Commodity Exports in LAC -- 4.5 Terms of Trade and Governance -- 5.1 Inflation across Latin America and the Caribbean over the Decades -- 5.2 Growth Volatility across Latin America and the Caribbean over the Decades -- 5.3 Peaks and Troughs in the Region's GDP per Capita -- 5.4 Inflation and Growth in LAC over the Decades -- 7.1 Growth Predictions for South America under a Scenario of Continuous Trends -- 7.2 Growth Predictions for Central America and the Caribbean under a Scenario of Continuous Trends -- 7.3 Structural Policy and Stabilization Policy Indexes, 2005-10 -- 7.4 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Inflation -- 7.5 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Real Exchange Rate Management. 7.6 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Education -- 7.7 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Financial Development -- 7.8 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Infrastructure -- 7.9 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Trade Openness -- 7.10 Counterfactual GDP per Capita of Better Performance in Government Size -- B.1 Kernel Density Plot and Histogram of Country-Specific Coefficients for Policy Variables of Interest -- Tables -- 3.1 Univariate Descriptive Statistics, 1970-2010 -- 3.2 Bivariate Correlations, 1970-2010 -- 3.3 Baseline Regression Results -- 7.1 Summary of Model Predictions If Trends from the Past Decade Persisted into the Future -- B.1 Description of Variables -- B.2 List of Countries and Variable Frequencies -- B.3 Country-Specific Standard Deviations -- B.4 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.5 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.6 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.7 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.8 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.9 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.10 First-Stage Regressions for System-GMM -- B.11 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.12 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.13 Economic Growth Regressions (10-Year Panels) -- B.14 Growth Predictions for 2011-20 under a Scenario of Continuous Trends -- B.15 Growth Predictions with Roads as a Proxy for Infrastructure -- B.16 Growth Predictions with Composite Index as a Proxy for Infrastructure -- B.17 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.18 Growth Forecasts for 2011-20, Keeping the Commodity Price Index and Terms of Trade at Their 2010 Levels -- B.19 Growth Forecasts for 2011-20 with a Reversal in External Conditions -- B.20 Economic Growth Regressions -- B.21 Economic Growth Regressions. |
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Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo [and four others]
| Beyond commodities : the growth challenge in Latin America and the Caribbean / / Jorge Thompson Araujo [and four others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (191 pages) : illustrations (some color), charts |
| Disciplina | 338.98 |
| Collana | Latin American Development Forum |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - Latin America
Economic development - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910151621603321 |
| Washington, District of Columbia : , : World Bank Group, , 2016 | ||
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Beyond the Washington consensus [[electronic resource] ] : institutions matter / / by Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo E. Perry
| Beyond the Washington consensus [[electronic resource] ] : institutions matter / / by Shahid Javed Burki, Guillermo E. Perry |
| Autore | Burki Shahid Javed |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (155 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.5/098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PerryGuillermo |
| Collana | World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. Viewpoints |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic stabilization - Latin America
Economic stabilization - Caribbean Area |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-00443-6
9786610004430 0-585-21855-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Institutions Matter for Development; Institutional Reform Is Possible; Institutions, Governance, and Incentives in Banking: Safety Net Arrangements; Capital Markets and Legal Institutions; Reforming the School in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Institutional Analysis; The Challenge of Judicial Reform; Public Administration in Latin America and the Caribbean: In Search of a Reform Paradigm; Concepts for Analyzing and Designing Institutions; Institutional Indicators Used in Figures 1-17; References |
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Beyond the Washington consensus : : institutions matter / / by Shahid Javed Burki and Guillermo E. Perry
| Beyond the Washington consensus : : institutions matter / / by Shahid Javed Burki and Guillermo E. Perry |
| Autore | Burki Shahid Javed |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , 1998 |
| Descrizione fisica | vii, 158 pages : illustrations ; ; 28 cm |
| Disciplina | 339.5/098 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | PerryGuillermo |
| Collana | World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies. |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic stabilization - Latin America
Economic stabilization - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN |
1-280-00443-6
9786610004430 0-585-21855-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Institutions Matter for Development; Institutional Reform Is Possible; Institutions, Governance, and Incentives in Banking: Safety Net Arrangements; Capital Markets and Legal Institutions; Reforming the School in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Institutional Analysis; The Challenge of Judicial Reform; Public Administration in Latin America and the Caribbean: In Search of a Reform Paradigm; Concepts for Analyzing and Designing Institutions; Institutional Indicators Used in Figures 1-17; References |
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Caribbean sovereignty, development and democracy in an age of globalization / / edited by Linden Lewis
| Caribbean sovereignty, development and democracy in an age of globalization / / edited by Linden Lewis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.905/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LewisLinden <1953-> |
| Collana | Routledge advances in international relations and global politics |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Caribbean Area
Sovereignty |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-203-11031-5
1-283-97306-5 1-136-27433-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Neoliberalism and the paradox of sovereignty in the Caribbean -- pt. II. Arrested development and the cultural turn -- pt. III. Caribbean futures : democracy imperiled. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910463156003321 |
| New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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Caribbean sovereignty, development and democracy in an age of globalization / / edited by Linden Lewis
| Caribbean sovereignty, development and democracy in an age of globalization / / edited by Linden Lewis |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (261 p.) |
| Disciplina | 972.905/3 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | LewisLinden <1953-> |
| Collana | Routledge advances in international relations and global politics |
| Soggetto topico |
Democracy - Caribbean Area
Sovereignty |
| ISBN |
0-203-11031-5
1-283-97306-5 1-136-27433-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | pt. I. Neoliberalism and the paradox of sovereignty in the Caribbean -- pt. II. Arrested development and the cultural turn -- pt. III. Caribbean futures : democracy imperiled. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786054003321 |
| New York, N.Y. : , : Routledge, , 2013 | ||
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CARICOM options : towards full integration into the world economy / / edited by Kenneth Hall and Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang
| CARICOM options : towards full integration into the world economy / / edited by Kenneth Hall and Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Kingston ; ; Miami : , : Ian Randle Publishers, , 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (289 pages) |
| Disciplina | 337.17 |
| Collana | Integrationist |
| Soggetto topico |
Free trade - Caribbean Area
Regionalism - Caribbean Area |
| ISBN | 976-637-745-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910671019603321 |
| Kingston ; ; Miami : , : Ian Randle Publishers, , 2006 | ||
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