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Caribbean & Central America - March 2011 (ISSN 1741-4458)
JAMAICA: Trying to wriggle out of IMF straightjacket
Jamaica has both a serious debt problem (with a debt-to-GDP ratio of
130%) and a serious growth problem. Constrained by a US$1.27bn IMF
Stand-by Agreement, Jamaica is struggling to improve its growth prospects and is
hinting at moves that will be opposed by the international lender.
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- CUBA: All eyes on the April congress
- GUYANA: Opposition selects candidate
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: CUBA
- JAMAICA: Trying to wriggle out of IMF straightjacket
- POINTERS
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- GUATEMALA: First Lady confirms presidential bid
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: NICARAGUA
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: GUATEMALA
- HONDURAS: Lobo takes aim at Unasur
- PANAMA: Martinelli flip-flops over mining
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: PANAMA
- COSTA RICA: Chinchilla unveils key security plan
- COSTA RICA/NICARAGUA: Both sides hail ICJ ruling
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: COSTA RICA
- ECONOMIC OVERVIEW: EL SALVADOR
- Education levels still lag behind