this informative report on currency, traveler's checks, money wiring, ATMs, banks, and credit cards in Jamaica …

Poverty Reduction -- Understanding Growth in Jamaica -- Reducing the Fiscal and Debt Burden -- Revitalizing the Financial … System -- Improving Education Outcomes -- Crime and Its Impact on Business -- Improving Jamaica's International … Competitiveness -- PART II: MAIN REPORT -- 1. Growth and Poverty Reduction in Jamaica -- Poverty Incidence and Income Inequality …

JAMAICA -- VI. TAKING STOCK: SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES. …

-- IV. APPLICATION TO JAMAICA -- V. POLICY IMPLICATIONS -- VI. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS -- A. DATA SOURCES AND DEFINITIONS …

Jamaica faced intense macroeconomic imbalances that threatened its macroeconomic stability. Executive Directors … welcomed the strong fiscal adjustment in the budget and encouraged the Bank of Jamaica to reorient monetary policy. They …

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 …

Over the last decade, Jamaica has successfully reduced public debt, anchored inflation, and strengthened its external … allowed Jamaica's response to recent global shocks to be prudent, agile, and supportive of growth. During the most recent … fiscal year growth has remained strong, and inflation is converging to the Bank of Jamaica's inflation target band …