Jamaica - The Road to Sustained Growth : Country Economic Memorandum

Jamaica - The Road to Sustained Growth : Country Economic Memorandum

Jamaica's poor growth performance has a number of well-known explanations, but they need to be supplemented for the latter half of the 1990s, by the loss of competitiveness. The negligible (measured) GDP growth in the 1990s is usually attribut...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Country Economic Memorandum
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCOUNTABILITY AGRICULTURE ANNUAL GROWTH BALANCE OF PAYMENTS BANKING CRISIS BONDS BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CAPITAL FORMATION CITIZEN CLIMATE COMPETITIVENESS CONSUMER PRICE INDEX CPI CRIME CRIME RATES CRISES DEBT DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIRECT INVESTMENT ECONOMIC HISTORY ECONOMICS EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE RATE EXCHANGE RATES EXPENDITURES EXPORTS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL LIBERALIZATION FINANCIAL SECTOR FISH FREE TRADE GDP GOVERNANCE INDICATORS GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HOUSING IMPORTS INCOME INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME SHARE INFLATION INTEREST RATES INTERNATIONAL COMPARISONS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVESTMENT RATES LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LIVING CONDITIONS LORENZ CURVE MIGRATION MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL ACCOUNTS POLICY OPTIONS POLICY REFORMS POOR GROWTH POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE INCREASES PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PRODUCTIVITY GROWTH PUBLIC SECTOR PUBLIC SERVICE QUALITY OF LIFE RAPID GROWTH REAL EXCHANGE RATE REAL WAGES SAFETY SAFETY NETS SHORT-TERM IMPACT SUSTAINABLE GROWTH TAX BASE TAX RATES TAXATION TERTIARY EDUCATION TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE POLICY TRANSPARENCY URBAN AREAS VALUE ADDED VIOLENCE WAGES WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION WTO YOUTH COUNTRY ECONOMIC WORK REFORM POLICY GROWTH PATTERNS FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY POLICY OBJECTIVES GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT EMPLOYMENT STRATEGIES POVERTY INCIDENCE EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL CRISES LIBERALIZATION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK COST ESTIMATES SOCIAL ASPECTS CRIME DETERRENCE RISK MANAGEMENT SOCIAL DIALOGUES CONSENSUS BUILDING STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/12/2824834/jamaica-road-sustained-growth-country-economic-memorandum http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14666

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2003/12/2824834/jamaica-road-sustained-growth-country-economic-memorandum
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/14666

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