This book explores the IMF: Jamaica, relationship since 2010, examining Jamaica’s high debt and inability to access financial support amidst international capital market restrictions, contextualizing harsh socio-economic realities. With Jamaica’s second return to the IMF, actor networks of...

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? --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Second Return to the Fund -- Chapter 3. Restoring Credibility: Passing All the Tests -- Chapter 4. Tracking the Themes through the Medium Term Economic and Financial Programs -- Chapter 5. A New Element: The Governance Paradigm and EPOC -- Chapter 6....