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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:
Finance, Public
Depository Institutions
Commercial Banks
Public Debt
Public-private Enterprises
Banks
Labour; Income Economics
Public Finance & Taxation
Banks And Banking
Monetary Economics
Public Enterprises
Public Sector
Financial Institutions
Debt Management
Debts, Public
Micro Finance Institutions
Debt
Exports And Imports
Mortgages
Economic Sectors
International Economics
International Lending And Debt Problems
Debts, External
External Debt
Money
Sovereign Debt
Demand For Money
Civil Service & Public Sector
Macroeconomics
Banking
Public Finance
Money And Monetary Policy
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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