The Caribbean : from vulnerability to sustained growth - Sahay, Ratna; Robinson, David O.; Cashin, Paul.; International Monetary Fund. (Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2006)
Overview / Ratna Sahay, David O. Robinson, and Paul Cashin -- Stabilization, debt, and fiscal policy in the Caribbean / Ratna Sahay -- Fiscal policy: is the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union a free-riding paradise? / Rupa Duttagupta and Guillermo Tolosa -- Key features of Caribbean business cycles / Paul Cashin -- Islands of stability? Determinants of macroeconomic volatility in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union / Tobias Rasmussen and Guillermo Tolosa -- Eastern Caribbean Currency Union banking system in a time of fiscal challenge / Jingqing Chai -- Natural disasters and their macroeconomic implications / Tobias Rasmussen -- Government responses to natural disasters in the Caribbean / Paul Cashin and Pawel Dyczewski -- Emigration and brain drain from the Caribbean / Prachi Mishra -- Tax concessions and foreign direct investment in the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union / Jingqing Chai and Rishi Goyal -- Eastern Caribbean tourism: developments and outlook / Ruby Randall -- Integration and growth in the Eastern Caribbean / Montfort Mlachila, Wendell Samuel, and Patrick Njoroge.
Includes bibliographical references.
Keywords: Eastern Caribbean Currency Union; Fiscal policy -- Caribbean Area; Business cycles -- Caribbean Area; Natural disasters -- Economic aspects -- Caribbean Area; Tourism -- Caribbean Area; Brain drain -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Economic conditions