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dc.titleCaribbean Quarterly Bulletin 2020: Volume 9: Issue 4, December 2020
dc.contributor.authorBeuermann, Diether
dc.contributor.authorMooney, Henry
dc.contributor.authorBollers, Elton
dc.contributor.authorRosenblatt, David
dc.contributor.authorZegarra, Maria Alejandra
dc.contributor.authorGiles Álvarez, Laura
dc.contributor.authorFrazier, Gralyn
dc.contributor.authorMcCaskie, Ariel
dc.contributor.authorKhadan, Jeetendra
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Haqq, Nazera
dc.contributor.authorGauto, Victor
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.available2020-12-18T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2020-12-17T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractFor most Caribbean countries, the COVID-19 pandemic will translate into the deepest single-year contraction of real GDP on record in 2020. With the exception of Guyana, countries have experienced deep recessions, severe increases in unemployment, and long-lasting damage to many corporate and household balance sheets. The social consequences of the crisis continue to mount, and despite governments best efforts to buffer the shock to families, enterprises, and domestic markets, there remains a dire need for continued and more broad-based stimulus to ensure that economic capital both human and other wise remains intact. This edition of the Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin briefly reflects on notable economic developments in 2020, then shifts to longer-term issues, including a summary of an upcoming IDB publication, Economic Institutions for a Resilient Caribbean, as well as summaries of the book's key diagnostics and recommendations for each country. In some cases, country sections focus on specific areas of institutional reforms. For example, the Suriname section focuses on fiscal institutions, given the public debt distress there.
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002948
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Quarterly-Bulletin-20204.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectEconomy
dc.subjectPublic Debt
dc.subjectGross Domestic Product
dc.subjectCoronavirus
dc.subjectPublic Institution
dc.subjectEconomic Development
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-19;Social Impact;macroeconomy;Economic Institutions
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-JN-00107
idb.operationRG-P1771
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