Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, by estimating a restricted Vector Autoregressive model with Exogenous Variables …

In the late 1980s Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago found themselves in severe economic difficulties …

In the 1990s and early 2000s, Belize grew faster than its regional peers. By the mid-2000s, however, economic growth … Belize's outlook. This paper applies a growth diagnostic approach based on the Hausmann-Rodrik-Velasco framework to … investigate the main growth constraints and opportunities for higher growth in Belize. Improvements in access to finance and in …

This paper examines the causes, processes, and outcomes of Belize's 2016-17 sovereign debt restructuring-its third …

This paper assesses the cyclicality and sustainability of fiscal policy in Belize and applies a stochastic simulation … model to determine the optimal set of fiscal rules. The empirical analysis shows that fiscal policy in Belize has been … Belize's history of large economic shocks, this paper proposes explicit fiscal rules designed for countercyclical policy and …

Belize's tourism sector has witnessed impressive growth in recent years with overnight tourist arrivals registering … tourism growth in Belize and contribute to economic well-being. This is in addition to tackling infrastructure bottlenecks and …

This paper examines the causes, processes, and outcomes of the two Belize sovereign debt restructurings in 2006–07 and …

of Belize''s public finance to the occurrence of hurricanes and the potential impact of insurance instruments in reducing … that vulnerability. The paper finds that catastrophic risk insurance significantly improves Belize''s debt sustainability … case of Belize is a maximum coverage of US$120 million per year …