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dc.titleCaribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Henry
dc.contributor.authorRosenblatt, David
dc.contributor.authorGiles Álvarez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorGauto, Victor
dc.contributor.authorBollers, Elton
dc.contributor.authorChristie, Jason
dc.contributor.authorMcCaskie, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorKhadan, Jeetendra
dc.contributor.authorSmets, Lodewijk
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2020-07-22T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-07-22T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractGovernments in the Caribbean region have been relatively successful in flattening the infection curve of the coronavirus in their countries. Geographical isolation is a contributing factor, but decisive and determined government action has been effective in reducing community transmission. Many potential deaths have been avoided. Yet this accomplishment has yet to be compensated with an economic reward. As these countries begin to open their domestic economies, they are still battered by external shocks. This is particularly the case for the tourism-dependent economies that experienced a virtual shutdown of the sector during the second quarter of the year. The natural-resource-based economies are also suffering from the lingering effects of the decline in commodity prices and related external demand. This second special edition of the IDB Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin provides an update of economic conditions in the region. It also focuses on important evolving issues, including the potential impact of the corona virus crisis on countries balance of payments, and on new data from the IDB on the real-time social effects of the crisis.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002507
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Quarterly-Bulletin-Volume-9-Issue-2-July-2020.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectEmployment Rate
dc.subjectTourism
dc.subjectCommodity Export
dc.subjectCommodity Price
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.subjectEconomic Policy
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
dc.subjectEconomic Recession
dc.subjectPreventive Health Services
dc.subject.jelcodeH5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies
dc.subject.jelcodeO1 - Economic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeE6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook
dc.subject.jelcodeF0 - International Economics: General
dc.subject.jelcodeE0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General
dc.subject.jelcodeO2 - Development Planning and Policy
dc.subject.keywordsEmployment;Caribbean;public policy;Tourism;commodities;recession;macroeconomics;covid;Economy;Social Impact
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00086
idb.operationRG-P1769
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