Despite having relatively open economies and a dedicated strategic focus on export expansion, Caribbean economies still account for a small proportion of global trade (goods and services). This paper therefore posits that the subregion adopt a new dais of regional integration, which favours deepe...
Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Pantin, Machel
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Skerrette, Nyasha
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Regional integration in the Caribbean: The role of trade agreements and structural transformation
Despite its active embrace of trade liberalization and the maintainance of relatively open economies, CARICOM trade performance both within the region and extraregionally has been poor. The nexus between bilateral Free Trade Agreements (FTAs), Partial Scope Agreements (PSAs) and preferential trad...
The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2013 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago plus the eight member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the outlook for 2014 and 2015. Data were collected from a r...
Alleyne, Dillon
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Hendrickson, Michael
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Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Milligan, Michael
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Yoshida, Kohei
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Pantin, Machel
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Skerrette, Nyasha
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Economic survey of the Caribbean 2014: Reduced downside risks and better prospects for a recovery
The survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2014 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago plus the eight member states of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) and the outlook for 2015. Data were collected from a review of reports ...
Alleyne, Dillon
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Hendrickson, Michael
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Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Milligan, Michael
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Pantin, Machel
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Skerrette, Nyasha
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Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2015: Balancing economic recovery and high debt in the Caribbean
Given the asymmetry in the levels of development and capacity which exist between the EU and
CARIFORUM States, the architects of the CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Economic
Partnership Agreement (EPA)1 anticipated the need for review and monitoring of the impacts of
implementation. Article 5 and o...
Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Humphrey, Errol
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Khadan, Jeetendra
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Trade and Development Nexus: reflections on the performance of trade in goods under the Cariforum-European Union Partnership agreement a Cariforum perspective
Low commodity prices in the Caribbean region have negatively impacted the economic growth of commodity exporting economies. Growth among the service producers averaged 1.6 per cent in 2015 but is projected at 2.5 per cent by year end in 2016. The region also struggles with high unemployment of 15...
Alleyne, Dillon
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Hendrickson, Michael
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Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Doorgadeen, Roberta
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Pantin, Machel
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Skerrette, Nyasha
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Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2016. Economic recovery in the Caribbean: the dichotomy of the goods and services economies
World economic growth was somewhat disappointing in 2015 due to a series of negative shockswhich affected the performance of a number of emerging and advanced economies. Among these were the continuing decline in commodity prices, periods of financial market volatility, lower capital flowsand sub...
Alleyne, Dillon
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Mc Lean, Sheldon
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Hendrickson, Michael
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Pantin, Machel
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Skerrette, Nyasha
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Doorgadeen, Roberta
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Preliminary overview of the economies of the Caribbean 2015-2016