Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the regions most exposed and vulnerable to climate-related risks, with …

This study presents new findings on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on productivity and innovation for Caribbean …

Latin America and the Caribbean between 2002 and 2019. Exploiting variation in the introduction of new soap operas with …

Eastern Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have a high dependence on international trade for income … Caribbean SIDS over the period 2000-2019, as well as the mediating role of the Real Effective Exchange Rate (REER). The results …

Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic … debt. We investigate what the typical impact of Caribbean hurricanes on public debt in the region has been and how …

effects of climate change on sovereign creditworthiness, probability of default and the cost of borrowing for the Caribbean …

A renewed interest in explaining growth in the Caribbean countries is motivated by the somewhat slow but uneven … performance in the past decade: per capita GDP gaps in Caribbean countries have widened in relation to the United States, whereas …

This study contends that Caribbean countries cannot adequately surmount their fiscal and debt challenges in the absence … budget transparency and credibility. Distilling global lessons and taking due cognizance of Caribbean countries … of fiscal rules that might be relevant for Caribbean countries that currently do not have legislated rules. Results from …

Caribbean countries (The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago). The focus is on the role of educational …