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Jamaica Recent Economic Developments

This paper reviews economic developments in Jamaica since 1985. In the early 1990s, Jamaica carried out a number of important structural reforms that had a favorable effect on the public finances, resulting in overall public sector surpluses averaging 3 percent of GDP in FY1993–95. These steps inclu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Monetary Fund
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. International Monetary Fund 1996
Series:IMF Staff Country Reports
Subjects:
Banks And Banking
Income Economics
Civil Service & Public Sector
Exports And Imports
Public Enterprises
Debts, External
Depository Institutions
Debt
Labour
Sovereign Debt
Public Sector
Public Debt
International Lending And Debt Problems
Public-private Enterprises
Mortgages
Money And Monetary Policy
Financial Institutions
Debt Management
Public Finance
Commercial Banks
Demand For Money
External Debt
Finance, Public
Banking
Money
Debts, Public
International Economics
Public Finance & Taxation
Economic Sectors
Macroeconomics
Micro Finance Institutions
Banks
Monetary Economics
Jamaica
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Collection: International Monetary Fund - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This paper reviews economic developments in Jamaica since 1985. In the early 1990s, Jamaica carried out a number of important structural reforms that had a favorable effect on the public finances, resulting in overall public sector surpluses averaging 3 percent of GDP in FY1993–95. These steps included the elimination of general price subsidies and the decontrol of prices, the elimination of the import monopoly of the Jamaica Commodity Trading Corporation, and the institution of cost pass-through mechanisms for public enterprises
Physical Description:119 pages
ISBN:9781451820041

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