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Caribbean & Central America - May 2018 (ISSN 1741-4458)
JAMAICA: Better news on employment, but growth still a concern
The Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) government led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness came to power in February 2016 on the back of a promise to create some 200,000 new jobs. It has not, so far, achieved this highly ambitious goal but, as the prime minister revealed in a Workers’ and Labour Day speech on 1 May, there has been good progress on unemployment.
- Introduction
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- GUATEMALA: Death of Ríos Montt highlights scars of civil war
- GUATEMALA/BELIZE: Guatemala votes to ask ICJ to rule on border dispute with Belize
- REGION: Guatemala-Honduras customs union boosts bilateral trade; what of the region?
- NICARAGUA: Financial sanctions a risk
- BARBADOS: Everything pointing to opposition win
- JAMAICA: Better news on employment, but growth still a concern
- CARIBBEAN POINTERS
- Economic Highlights