Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020
Governments 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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dig-bid-node-284142020-11-16T19:32:32ZCaribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 2020-07-22T00:00:00+0000 http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002507 https://publications.iadb.org/en/caribbean-quarterly-bulletin-volume-9-issue-2-july-2020 Inter-American Development Bank Fiscal Policy Employment Rate Tourism Commodity Export Commodity Price Economic Development Economic Policy Gross Domestic Product Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Recession Preventive Healthcare H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies, O1 - Economic Development, E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook, F0 - International Economics: General, E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, O2 - Development Planning and Policy Employment;Caribbean;public policy;Tourism;commodities;recession;macroeconomics;covid;Economy;Social Impact Governments 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. Inter-American Development Bank Henry Mooney David Rosenblatt Laura Giles Álvarez Victor Gauto Elton Bollers Jason Christie Ariel McCaskie Jeetendra Khadan Lodewijk Smets application/pdf IDB Publications Trinidad and Tobago Jamaica Guyana Bahamas Barbados Suriname The Caribbean en |
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Fiscal Policy Employment Rate Tourism Commodity Export Commodity Price Economic Development Economic Policy Gross Domestic Product Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Recession Preventive Healthcare H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies, O1 - Economic Development, E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook, F0 - International Economics: General, E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, O2 - Development Planning and Policy Employment;Caribbean;public policy;Tourism;commodities;recession;macroeconomics;covid;Economy;Social Impact Fiscal Policy Employment Rate Tourism Commodity Export Commodity Price Economic Development Economic Policy Gross Domestic Product Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Recession Preventive Healthcare H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies, O1 - Economic Development, E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook, F0 - International Economics: General, E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, O2 - Development Planning and Policy Employment;Caribbean;public policy;Tourism;commodities;recession;macroeconomics;covid;Economy;Social Impact Inter-American Development Bank Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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Governments 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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Fiscal Policy Employment Rate Tourism Commodity Export Commodity Price Economic Development Economic Policy Gross Domestic Product Coronavirus Pandemic Economic Recession Preventive Healthcare H5 - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies, O1 - Economic Development, E6 - Macroeconomic Policy, Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance, and General Outlook, F0 - International Economics: General, E0 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General, O2 - Development Planning and Policy Employment;Caribbean;public policy;Tourism;commodities;recession;macroeconomics;covid;Economy;Social Impact |
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Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 9: Issue 2, July 2020 |
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caribbean quarterly bulletin: volume 9: issue 2, july 2020 |
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