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dc.titleCaribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 3, November 2020
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Henry
dc.contributor.authorRosenblatt, David
dc.contributor.authorGiles Álvarez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMcCaskie, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorGauto, Victor
dc.contributor.authorBollers, Elton
dc.contributor.authorKhadan, Jeetendra
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Haqq, Nazera
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.available2020-11-10T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-11-10T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractExcept for Barbados, the Caribbean region experienced a new surge of Covid cases in the middle of this summer. Several factors contributed to this unfortunate situation: a rise in imported cases as borders opened, a rise in community transmission as domestic social distancing measures were eased, and elections with in-person voting in three countries: Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica. Governments are adjusting their sanitary precautions and social and economic policy responses to the evolving situation. In addition to these current events, the “pre-existing” conditions in terms of poverty and inequality - along with the pre-crisis institutional situations in the countries - have an effect on how governments can, and should, respond to the current crisis. This third special edition of the IDB Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin provides an update of health and economic conditions in the region. It also focuses on the policy response from both the comparative and institutional perspectives with the aim of distilling lessons from policy interventions undertaken within the region and elsewhere that have been successful in dampening the current shock, while also providing the basis for stronger future growth.
dc.format.extent75
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002836
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Quarterly-Bulletin-Volume-9-Issue-3-November-2020.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectFiscal Policy
dc.subjectPublic Investment
dc.subjectEmployment Rate
dc.subjectPoverty
dc.subjectHealth Policy
dc.subjectRevenue
dc.subjectFiscal Deficit
dc.subjectUnemployment Rate
dc.subjectSocial Policy and Protection
dc.subjectEconomic Policy
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPandemics
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;covid;Social Impact;macroeconomy;Health sector
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00099
idb.operationRG-P1770
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