A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century

The Caribbean region is at a development crossroads and its member nations must take significant and concrete steps to improve productivity and competitiveness and face up to global competition if they are to accelerate or even maintain past growth...

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Main Authors:	Kathuria, Sanjay, Rouis, Mustapha, Corlett, Michael, Hanson, James, Oberai, Rina H., Tomlinson, Kevin, Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth, Blom, Andreas, Jha, Abhas, Nuamah, Camille, Brenzel, Logan
Format:	Brief
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKET CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATION CUSTOMS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC HISTORY EDUCATED PEOPLE ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL TARIFFS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GLOBAL COMPETITION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH PROSPECTS HIGH TAXES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROCEDURES INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT RATES LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES MACRO STABILITY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OUTPUT VOLATILITY PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCT AREAS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL STANDARDS SKILLED WORKERS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAKEOVER TAX HARMONIZATION TAX INCENTIVES TAX SYSTEMS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE REGIME TUITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION WAGES YOUTH
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6414265/time-choose-caribbean-development-21st-century http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10330

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spelling	okr-10986-103302021-04-23T14:02:50Z A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century Kathuria, Sanjay Rouis, Mustapha Corlett, Michael Hanson, James Oberai, Rina H. Tomlinson, Kevin Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Blom, Andreas Jha, Abhas Nuamah, Camille Brenzel, Logan CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKET CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATION CUSTOMS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC HISTORY EDUCATED PEOPLE ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL TARIFFS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GLOBAL COMPETITION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH PROSPECTS HIGH TAXES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROCEDURES INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT RATES LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES MACRO STABILITY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OUTPUT VOLATILITY PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCT AREAS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL STANDARDS SKILLED WORKERS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAKEOVER TAX HARMONIZATION TAX INCENTIVES TAX SYSTEMS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE REGIME TUITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION WAGES YOUTH The Caribbean region is at a development crossroads and its member nations must take significant and concrete steps to improve productivity and competitiveness and face up to global competition if they are to accelerate or even maintain past growth, says a new World Bank report1. By taking such steps, they will reposition themselves strategically as an emerging trading bloc for goods and services; without such action, they risk growing economic marginalization and erosion of many of the social gains of the last three decades. 2012-08-13T11:11:03Z 2012-08-13T11:11:03Z 2005-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6414265/time-choose-caribbean-development-21st-century http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10330 English en breve; No. 73 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKET CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATION CUSTOMS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC HISTORY EDUCATED PEOPLE ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL TARIFFS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GLOBAL COMPETITION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH PROSPECTS HIGH TAXES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROCEDURES INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT RATES LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES MACRO STABILITY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OUTPUT VOLATILITY PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCT AREAS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL STANDARDS SKILLED WORKERS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAKEOVER TAX HARMONIZATION TAX INCENTIVES TAX SYSTEMS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE REGIME TUITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION WAGES YOUTH
spellingShingle	CAPITAL ACCUMULATION CAPITAL MARKET CIVIL SOCIETY COMPETITIVENESS COOPERATION CUSTOMS DEBT DEBT CRISIS DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC ECONOMY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC HISTORY EDUCATED PEOPLE ENROLLMENT EXTERNAL TARIFFS FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FREE TRADE GDP GLOBAL COMPETITION GOVERNMENT EXPENDITURES GROWTH PROSPECTS HIGH TAXES HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IMPROVING GROWTH INCOME DISTRIBUTION INVESTMENT CLIMATE INVESTMENT DECISIONS INVESTMENT PROCEDURES INVESTMENT PROMOTION INVESTMENT RATES LABOR LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LEADERSHIP LEARNING LEARNING OUTCOMES MACRO STABILITY MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MARKET ACCESS NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY OUTPUT VOLATILITY PER CAPITA INCOMES POLITICAL STABILITY POVERTY REDUCTION PRIMARY EDUCATION PRIVATE INVESTMENT PRIVATE SECTOR PRIVATE SECTOR INVOLVEMENT PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PRODUCT AREAS PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PRODUCTIVITY INCREASES PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC SECTOR REGIONAL COOPERATION REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL STANDARDS SKILLED WORKERS SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAKEOVER TAX HARMONIZATION TAX INCENTIVES TAX SYSTEMS TRADE DIVERSION TRADE PREFERENCES TRADE REGIME TUITION UNEMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION WAGES YOUTH Kathuria, Sanjay Rouis, Mustapha Corlett, Michael Hanson, James Oberai, Rina H. Tomlinson, Kevin Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Blom, Andreas Jha, Abhas Nuamah, Camille Brenzel, Logan A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
relation	en breve; No. 73
description	The Caribbean region is at a development crossroads and its member nations must take significant and concrete steps to improve productivity and competitiveness and face up to global competition if they are to accelerate or even maintain past growth, says a new World Bank report1. By taking such steps, they will reposition themselves strategically as an emerging trading bloc for goods and services; without such action, they risk growing economic marginalization and erosion of many of the social gains of the last three decades.
format	Publications & Research :: Brief
author	Kathuria, Sanjay Rouis, Mustapha Corlett, Michael Hanson, James Oberai, Rina H. Tomlinson, Kevin Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Blom, Andreas Jha, Abhas Nuamah, Camille Brenzel, Logan
author_facet	Kathuria, Sanjay Rouis, Mustapha Corlett, Michael Hanson, James Oberai, Rina H. Tomlinson, Kevin Ruppert Bulmer, Elizabeth Blom, Andreas Jha, Abhas Nuamah, Camille Brenzel, Logan
author_sort	Kathuria, Sanjay
title	A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
title_short	A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
title_full	A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
title_fullStr	A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
title_full_unstemmed	A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century
title_sort	time to choose : caribbean development in the 21st century
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2012
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2005/06/6414265/time-choose-caribbean-development-21st-century http://hdl.handle.net/10986/10330
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A Time to Choose : Caribbean Development in the 21st Century

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