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Labor Market Issues in the Caribbean : Scope to Mobilize Employment Growth

Kandil, Magda - 2014

The paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available across a sample of Caribbean … countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the employment-output elasticity and the response of employment growth … to major sources of labor market determinants, in the long and short run. The main determinants of employment include …

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Trade Integration in Latin America : A Network Perspective

Beaton, Kimberly - 2017

The paper applies a network analysis framework to analyze the regional and global integration of Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. We compare network-based measures of trade integration to conventional measures, decomposing integration along several dimensions to better understand...

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Migration and Remittances in Latin America and the Caribbean : Engines of Growth and Macroeconomic Stabilizers?

Beaton, Kimberly - 2017

Outward migration has been an important phenomenon for countries in Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC), particularly those in Central America and the Caribbean. This paper examines recent trends in outward migration from and remittances to LAC, as well as their costs and benefits. For the...

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Financial Stability Reports in Latin America and the Caribbean

Lim, Cheng Hoon - 2017

Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean now publish financial stability reports. This study reviews their latest issues to assess their content, quality, and transparency. While some reports provide a strong analysis of risks and vulnerabilities, there are significant cross-country...

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Energy Subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking and Policy Challenges

Di Bella, C. Gabriel - 2015

The oil price decline creates an opportunity to dismantle energy subsidies, which escalated with high oil prices. This paper assesses energy subsidies in Latin America and the Caribbean — about 1.8 percent of GDP in 2011-13 (approximately evenly split between fuel and electricity), and about...

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A New Action-Based Dataset of Fiscal Consolidation in Latin America and the Caribbean

David, Antonio C. - 2018

This paper presents a new database of fiscal consolidations for 14 Latin American and Caribbean economies during 1989-2016. We focus on discretionary changes in taxes and government spending primarily motivated by a desire to reduce the budget deficit and long-term fiscal health and not by a...

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After the Boom–Commodity Prices and Economic Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean

Gruss, Bertrand - 2014

After skyrocketing over the past decade, commodity prices have remained stable or eased somewhat since mid-2011 - and most projections suggest they are not likely to resume the upward trend observed in the last decade. This paper analyzes what this turn in the commodity price cycle may imply for...

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Advancing Financial Development in Latin America and the Caribbean

Heng, Dyna - 2016

This paper examines the state of financial development in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region as well as potential growth and stability implications from further development. The analysis suggests that access to financial institutions has expanded notably in the past decade, and the...

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Fintech in Latin America and the Caribbean : Stocktaking

Berkmen, Pelin - 2019

In Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), financial technology has been growing rapidly and is on the agenda of many policy makers. Fintech provides opportunities to deepen financial development, competition, innovation, and inclusion in the region but also creates new and only partially...

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Highways to Heaven : Infrastructure Determinants and Trends in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cerra, Valerie - 2016

Inadequate infrastructure has been widely viewed as a principal barrier to growth and development in Latin America and the Caribbean. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure in the region and highlights key areas in which infrastructure networks can be enhanced. The public...

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