Caribbean Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 10: Issue 1, May 2021

Countries around the world have endured over a year of extreme uncertainty in the context of the COVID-19 crisis, and economies in the Caribbean have suffered more than most. But with the increasing availability of vaccines and prospects for a resumption of international travel, light is emerging at the end of the Pandemic tunnel. With this in mind, The Inter-American Development Bank Caribbean Department's most recent Quarterly Bulletin reviews the latest available information regarding the crisis' impacts on citizens, their economies, and key factors that will determine the speed and depth of recovery. As also discussed in previous editions, prospects for tourism-dependent economies will depend heavily on vaccine penetration and border normalization in source countries particularly the United States and Western Europe, while commodity-intensive economies could benefit from upward revisions to global demand growth estimates. All countries in the region can do much to support a rapid recovery through forward-looking policies aimed at ensuring they are well positioned to take advantage of post-Pandemic preferences with respect to travel and tourism, services trade, and investment. Our latest report considers these issues, what may lie ahead, and how counties can best position themselves for a recovery in 2021 and beyond.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Inter-American Development Bank
Other Authors:	Olga Gomez Garcia
Language:	English
Published:	Inter-American Development Bank
Subjects:	Tourism, GDP Growth, Vaccination, Coronavirus, Pandemic, Economic Recession, O54 - Latin America • Caribbean, E00 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics: General: General O1 - Economic Development, F60 - Economic Impacts of Globalization: General, E30 - Prices Business Fluctuations and Cycles: General, E60 - Macroeconomic Policy Macroeconomic Aspects of Public Finance and General Outlook: General, H12 - Crisis Management, L83 - Sports • Gambling • Restaurants • Recreation • Tourism Z3 - Tourism Economics, Caribbean;Tourism;Economic Development and Growth;pandemic;Economy;Globalization and Regionalization;Disaster,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0003265 https://publications.iadb.org/en/caribbean-quarterly-bulletin-volume-10-issue-1-may-2021
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