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Caribbean and Pacific Islands : A Survey of Gender Budgeting Efforts

Christie, Tamoya - 2016

Of the countries in the Caribbean and Pacific Islands, Timor-Leste has the most well-developed gender budgeting initiative. In the Pacific Islands, a few gender budgeting efforts were initiated but did not continue. In the Caribbean, there have been no well-developed gender budgeting efforts,...

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Pacific Island Countries : In Search of a Trade Strategy

Chen, Hong - 2014

International trade is vital for economic prosperity in Pacific island countries, but their trade performance has been … center presents Pacific island countries with an unprecedented opportunity to develop trade with Asia, particularly in … island countries stands a better chance to improve broad-based growth …

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The Pacific Speed of Growth : How Fast Can it Be and What Determines it?

Yang, Yongzheng - 2013

of Pacific island countries (PICs) from their peers. Wefind that PICs are disadvantaged by distance and hampered by lower … investment and exportscompared with other small island states, but greater political stability, catch-up effects fromlower …

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Flying to Paradise : The Role of Airlift in the Caribbean Tourism Industry

Acevedo Mejia, Sebastian - 2016

This paper studies the role of airlift supply on the tourism sector in the Caribbean. The paper examines the relative importance of U.S.-Caribbean airlift supply factors such as the number of flights, seats, airlines, and departure cities on U.S. tourist arrivals. The possible endogeneity...

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Revisiting Tourism Flows to the Caribbean : What is Driving Arrivals?

Laframboise, N. - 2015

The Caribbean share of the global tourism market has been declining. This study examines what is driving tourism flows. It estimates the determinants of tourism and explores variations based on sample differences, and also constructs a static nominal price comparison index. The paper finds that:...

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Caribbean Growth in an International Perspective : The Role of Tourism and Size

Thacker, Nita - 2014

After earlier success, growth performance in most Caribbean countries has been disappointing since the early 1990s. With slower growth, output has fallen behind that of relevant comparator countries. This paper analyzes the growth experience of the Caribbean countries from a cross country...

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Tourism in Belize : Ensuring Sustained Growth

Chow, Julian T.S. - 2020

Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering double digit annual growth rates since 2016. To guide the development of the tourism sector from 2012 to 2030, the government endorsed a National Sustainable Tourism Master Plan in...

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