The paper suggests steps to improve the efficiency of the foreign exchange market in Jamaica, and to promote its … development. The financial system in Jamaica has undergone significant improvements. The most pressing problem continues to be … the economic indices of Jamaica are also presented in the paper …

This Selected Issues paper analyzes Jamaica’s experience of low growth despite consistently high investment rates. It … suggests that the link between public debt and productivity is part of the answer to the puzzle. The paper considers Jamaica … Jamaica, and presents a newly constructed dataset that documents Jamaica’s notable market access to long-maturity, fixed …

Economic outcomes in Jamaica have fallen short of the authorities’ objectives in recent years. As the government looks … unanticipated developments can affect economic outcomes. First, it examines the impact on Jamaica’s economy of external economic …

This Selected Issues paper presents an overview of financial system developments in Jamaica. The financial system … government in the 1970s were sold back to the private sector. This paper also reviews developments in monetary policy in Jamaica …

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 …

for explaining differences in their subsequent economic development. Barbados and Jamaica provide a striking counter … 1960 to 2002, Barbados' GDP per capita grew roughly three times as fast as Jamaica's. Consequently, the income gap between … Barbados and Jamaica is now almost five times larger than at the time of independence. Since their property rights and legal …

for explaining differences in their subsequent economic development. Barbados and Jamaica provide a striking counter … 1960 to 2002, Barbados' Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita grew roughly three times as fast as Jamaica's. Consequently …, the income gap between Barbados and Jamaica is now almost five times larger than at the time of independence. Since their …

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in Jamaica. A Granger causality approach is employed within a multivariate framework. Cointegration is used to examine … that Jamaica should first concentrate on developing its financial sectors which has the potential to spur higher levels of …