The Road to Sustained Growth in Jamaica.
"Jamaica's economic history is a story of paradoxes and potential. It has an English-speaking and a reasonably well-educated labor force, is close to the world's largest market, the United States, and has an abundance of natural beauty, which has spurred tourism. Many of its social an...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
World Bank,
©2004.
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Colección: | World Bank country study.
World Bank e-Library. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- pt. I. Overview and policy options
- pt. II. Main report
- 1. Growth and poverty reduction in Jamaica
- 2. Understanding growth in Jamaica
- 3. Reducing the fiscal and debt burden
- 4. Revitalizing Jamaica's financial system
- 5. Improving education outcomes
- 6. Crime and its impact on business in Jamaica
- 7. Improving Jamaica's international competitiveness
- Annex A. Identifying the determinants of crime
- Annex B. Methodology for business victimization survey
- Annex C. Case of service station near Montego Bay
- Annex D. Case of furniture manufacturing firm in Kingston metropolitan area
- Annex E. Program DESEPAZ, desarrollo, seguridad y paz (development, security and peace) in Cali, Colombia
- Annex F. Police and community cooperation for reduction of violence in Diadema, Sao Paulo, Brazil
- Annex G. Citizen culture in Bogota (Cultura Ciudadana en a la Alcadia de Bogota), Bogota, Colombia.