Jamaica's economic history is one of paradoxes, and potential - it has an English-speaking, and reasonably well … and high employment, despite high investment, and important achievements in poverty reduction. This paper attempts to …

The paper analyzes Jamaica's experience of low growth despite consistently high investment. Cross-country analysis … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …

Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE PARADOX: LOW GROWTH AND HIGH INVESTMENT -- III. THE MISMEASUREMENT … JAMAICA -- VI. TAKING STOCK: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. …

The paper analyzes Jamaica''s experience of low growth despite consistently high investment. Cross-country analysis … specific channels through which high debt affects productivity growth and the allocation of resources in Jamaica, the study … excessively on a few maturing sectors with limited scope for productivity growth. Furthermore, public investment has been crowded …