The Jamaican Economy in the 1980s: Economic Decline and Structural Adjustment

ISBN-13: 9780367308773 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 257 str.

Robert Looney

Opis

This book analyzes the main causes of deterioration in the Jamaican economy since 1972 and assesses the prospects for returning to a period of stable growth under an International Monetary Fund Stabilization program.

Spis treści

CHAPTER 1 OVERVIEW CHAPTER 2 BACKGROUND OF THE JAMAICAN ECONOMIC CRISIS: FACTORS LEADING TO THE DETERIORATION OF THE BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CURRENT ACCOUNT, CHAPTER 3 ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT AND THE IMF IN JAMAICA 1972-80 CHAPTER 4 MACROECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE SIZE OF THIRD WORLD NATIONS: WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO JAMAICA CHAPTER 5 TYPOLOGIES OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES: ORIGINS OF JAMAICA'S ECONOMIC DECLINE CHAPTER 6 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF DISEQUILIBRIUM CHAPTER 7 A MODEL OF STABILIZATION WITH GROWTH IN JAMAICA. CHAPTER 8 ANALYSIS OF THE STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROGRAM. CHAPTER 9 IMPLICATIONS OF THE U.S. CARIBBEAN BASIN INITIATIVE FOR JAMAICA