This book presents an analysis of Caribbean fiscal problems, with particular emphasis on the relationship between high levels of public expenditure and balance of payments problems. The study examines deficit financing, public expenditure growth, and IMF stabilization policies. Other issues raised relate to income distribution and problems of taxation and tax reform. The work focuses on Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, and Trinidad and Tobago. The economies of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are also considered. This work will interest scholars in economics and economic policy-making, especially those in developing countries.
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MICHAEL HOWARD is a senior lecturer in the Department of Economics, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
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The purpose of this book is to analyze the fiscal problems which arise in the pursuit of economic development in small nations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national recovery impost, central bank money creation, annual economic survey, fiscal disequilibrium, discretionary tax changes, buoyancy coefficient, public expenditure growth, tax buoyancy, indirect tax system, consumption duties, effective income tax rate, consumption duty, income tax reform, monetary approach, recessionary conditions, consumption taxation, central bank lending, retail sales tax, corporation tax rate, total taxation, small developing countries, budgetary proposals, consolidated fund, demand management policies, net domestic assets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Bank of Barbados, Bank of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Social Survey of Jamaica, Annual Statistical Digest, Annual Report, World Bank, University of the West Indies, World War, United States, Bank of Guyana, Arawak Cement Plant, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, English-speaking Caribbean, Small Open Economies Table, Annual Statistical Reports, Dillon Alleyne, Errol Barrow, Hong Kong, Norman Girvan, Pine Hill Dairy, West Indian New!
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The purpose of this book is to analyze the fiscal problems which arise in the pursuit of economic development in small nations. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
national recovery impost, central bank money creation, annual economic survey, fiscal disequilibrium, discretionary tax changes, buoyancy coefficient, public expenditure growth, tax buoyancy, indirect tax system, consumption duties, effective income tax rate, consumption duty, income tax reform, monetary approach, recessionary conditions, consumption taxation, central bank lending, retail sales tax, corporation tax rate, total taxation, small developing countries, budgetary proposals, consolidated fund, demand management policies, net domestic assets Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Central Bank of Barbados, Bank of Jamaica, Planning Institute of Jamaica, Social Survey of Jamaica, Annual Statistical Digest, Annual Report, World Bank, University of the West Indies, World War, United States, Bank of Guyana, Arawak Cement Plant, Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, English-speaking Caribbean, Small Open Economies Table, Annual Statistical Reports, Dillon Alleyne, Errol Barrow, Hong Kong, Norman Girvan, Pine Hill Dairy, West Indian New!
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- Privatization and Development by Steve H. Hanke in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Taxation in Developing Countries (Johns Hopkins Studies in Development) by Professor Richard M. Bird in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Small is Beautiful: Economics as if People Mattered by E.F. Schumacher in Back Matter
- The Rules of the Game: Cross-Disciplinary Essays on Models in Scholarly Thought; by Ta London in Back Matter
- Working Papers by Peter G Peterson Institute for International Economics in Back Matter
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- Public Sector Economics For Developing Countries by Michael Howard in Back Matter
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