Caribbean renewal : tackling fiscal and debt challenges / editors, Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones.
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TextPublisher: Washington, DC : International Monetary Fund, [2014]Description: 1 online resource (xii, 301 pages) : illustrationsContent type: - text
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- online resource
- 1484312961
- 9781484312964
- 336.729 23
- HJ844.3 .C37 2014
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean: an overview / Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones -- Fiscal performance in the Caribbean before and after the Global Financial Crisis / Alexandra Peter -- Public debt profile and public debt management in the Caribbean / Garth Peron Nicholls -- Global large debt reduction: lessons for the Caribbean / Charles Amo-Yartey and Joel Chiedu Okwuokei -- Fiscal consolidation: country experiences and lessons from the empirical literature / Joel Chiedu Okwuokei -- Fiscal sustainability and public debt limits in the Caribbean: an illustrative analysis / Garth Peron Nicholls and Alexandra Peter -- Fiscal consolidation in the Caribbean: past and current experiences / Joel Chiedu Okwuokei, Charles Amo-Yartey, and Machiko Narita -- Fiscal multipliers in the Caribbean / Machiko Narita -- Selected debt restructuring experiences in the Caribbean / Garth Peron Nicholls -- Fiscal policy and the current account in microstates / Yehenew Endegnanew, Charles Amo-Yartey, and Therese Turner-Jones -- Fiscal policy rules and fiscal performance: evidence from microstates / Joel Chiedu Okwuokei -- Fiscal and debt sustainability in the Caribbean: a new agenda / Charles Amo-Yartey and Therese Turner-Jones.
Print version record.
Caribbean economies face high and rising debt-to-GDP ratios that jeopardize prospects for medium-term debt sustainability and growth. This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges of fiscal consolidation and debt reduction in the Caribbean. It examines the problem of high debt in the region and discusses policy options for improving debt sustainability, including fiscal consolidation, robust growth, and structural reforms. The book also examines empirically the factors underlying global large debt reduction episodes to draw important policy lessons for the Caribbean. It also re.
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