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dc.titleThe Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 2: Issue 4: October 2013
dc.contributor.authorBaxter, Sasha
dc.contributor.authorNugent, Stevonne
dc.contributor.authorDukharan, Marla
dc.contributor.authorMelgarejo, Karl Alexander
dc.contributor.authorMercer-Blackman, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorRuprah, Inder J.
dc.contributor.authorSalazni, Mariana
dc.contributor.authorKamau, Musheer O.
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorClarke, Dillon
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Chrystol
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Cherran
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2013-10-17T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2013-10-01T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThe Caribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin discusses recent economic developments and analyzes the topic of energy for the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries are: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. This issue highlights fiscal developments for 2013, which may outperform expectations in Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. In contrast, high fiscal deficits have forced the governments of The Bahamas, Barbados and Jamaica to adopt further expenditure cuts and new tax regimes. In Suriname, authorities remain committed to reducing the fiscal deficit, despite falling gold prices. This issue also assesses debt sustainability under different gold prices in Suriname. It also analyzes the existing energy structure in each of the Caribbean countries and discusses possible alternatives to resolve the high cost of energy and import dependency for the region as a whole.
dc.format.extent48
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008092
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/The-Caribbean-Region-Quarterly-Bulletin-Volume-2-Issue-4-October-2013.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEnergy and Mining
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectInvestment
dc.subject.jelcodeE60 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook: General
dc.subject.jelcodeE62 - Fiscal Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeH60 - National Budget, Deficit, and Debt: General
dc.subject.jelcodeL95 - Gas Utilities • Pipelines • Water Utilities
dc.subject.jelcodeO1 - Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeQ4 - Energy
dc.subject.keywordsMacroeconomics, growth, recent developments, fiscal performance, energy policies, oil, natural gas, electricity cost, PetroCaribe, the Caribbean, The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberMagazines, Journals & Newsletters
idb.operationRG-P1485
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