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Caribbean & Central America - February 2015 (ISSN 1741-4458)

JAMAICA: Some good news for Jamaica

Jamaica has become something of a poster boy for the International Monetary Fund (IMF) given the way it has taken some nasty tasting medicine without complaint. In November, the IMF reported that the economic transformation programme provided a path “to sustained growth and job creation”, was on track, and that “policy implementation remains strong”. As ever, however, the unspoken fear is that political determination will wilt, so it is very welcome news that the government was able to report in January both an increase in tourism and a decline in murders.

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