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SourcesCaribbean Development Bank. “Jamaica.” CDB Annual Economic Review 2006.http://www.caribank.org/AnReport.nsf/AER06-Jam/$File/AER2006_Jamaica.pdf?OpenElement.CIA. “The World Factbook: Jamaica.” December 13, 2007.EIU. Country Report: Jamaica. March 2008, www.eiu.com.The Planning Institute of Jamaica. The Jamaican Economy: Economic Performance and Prospects.January 2008.UNCTAD. UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2006-07.http://www.unctad.org/Templates/Webflyer.asp?intItemID=1397&docID=8612 (accessed February2008).USAID. “Latin America and the Caribbean: Jamaica.”http://www.usaid.gov/locations/latin_america_caribbean/country/jamaica (accessed January 2008).USITC. DataWeb (data compiled from U.S. Department of Commerce statistics). www.usitc.gov(accessed March 2008).World Bank. Data & Statistics: World Development Indicators Online.http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20398986~menuPK:64133163~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html (accessed February–March2008).———. “Data & Statistics: Country Classification.” www.worldbank.org (accessed March 2008).WTO. TPR, Report by Jamaica. WT/TPR/G/139, October 11, 2004.———. TPR, Report by the Secretariat: Jamaica. WT/TPR/S/139, October 11, 2004.———. Trade Profiles 2007. WTO Publications, 2007.4-84
MONTSERRATEconomic and Social Development 1Montserrat: Selected economic development indicators2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Middleincomeaverage,2006GDP, current market prices ($ million) 103 103 111 119 na 298,351GDP p.c., current market prices ($) 22,494 22,816 23,630 24,811 na 8,059Remittances (% of GDP) na na na na na 1.5Source: World Development Indicators; CDB Annual Economic Review 2006. Consistent and relatively comparable purchasingpower parity GDP data were unavailable. See appendix D for sources and definitions.Note: na = “not available”; p.c. = per capita.Source: Caribbean Development Bank. Data are not available for per capita GDP growth. See appendix D for sources anddefinitions.1See chap 2. for cross-country comparisons.4-85
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TABLE OF CONTENTSPagePreface ......
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TABLE OF CONTENTS-ContinuedChapter
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List of Frequently Used Abbreviatio
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PPPPRGFSDRSMESPSTASCTEUTIEATIFATRQU
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the Netherlands Antilles, accounted
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most influence investment in the re
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Expanding to Higher-Skill-Intensive
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Focusing on Unique Strategic Advant
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U.S.A.CubaBahamasMap of the Caribbe
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Table 1.1 Summary of CBERA preferen
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13under the same rules of origin ap
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training, orientation visits, and b
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domestic population growth pressure
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Figure 2.2 GDP, most recent year, 2
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Figure 2.3 GDP per capita, PPP, mos
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Table 2.1 Selected CBERA countries:
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Box 2.1 Mobile Telephone Industry i
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Table 2.4 Goods and services trade
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Table 2.6 U.S. merchandise imports
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aTable 2.7 Leading U.S. merchandise
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aTable 2.9 Leading U.S. merchandise
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Extent of Utilization of CBERA Pref
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Table 2.12 U.S. imports of apparel
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important trend in the region is th
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GDP in CBERA countries. When the tw
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percent of GDP; this low figure con
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firms from scrutiny, non-transparen
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and Trinidad and Tobago (the only c
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Table 2.17 World Bank IBRD and IDA
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Table 2.19 Caribbean Development Ba
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Table 2.20 Membership of covered CB
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changes specifically in U.S. policy
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Using country-level data, researche
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Reinhardt. 24 The authors find that
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CBTPA programs. Table 3.1 presents
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exports fluctuated within a range o
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promising for all countries covered
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infrastructure, macroeconomic stabi
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exporters have also been affected b
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Policies identified in the literatu
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outside of the domestic market.”
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infrastructure, the 2005 World Bank
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companies.” 99 The islands provid
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government, provide another opportu
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(CDS), was established in 1983 to p
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Policies identified in the literatu
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that, in the early 1990s, Caribbean
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policies discussed in earlier secti
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Caribbean government officials. 159
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These experiences suggest that supp
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which can generate more internation
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Dean, Judith M., and John Wainio.
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Josling, Tim. “Trade Policy in Sm
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———. Textiles and Apparel: Ef
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CHAPTER 4Current Level of Caribbean
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ANTIGUA & BARBUDAEconomic and Socia
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has been an employer of last resort
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International Integration 4Sources:
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improve its overall financial posit
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Aruba: Selected social development
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elated services, such as conference
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SourcesCaribbean-Central American A
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The Bahamas: Selected social develo
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In addition to its beaches that cou
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investment in the services sector,
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Barbados: Selected social developme
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The main agricultural products are
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$418 million. The main products imp
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Belize: Selected social development
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and is one of the fastest-growing i
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Page 175 and 176: Economic and Social Development 1GR
Page 177: Grenada’s ongoing poverty eradica
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Page 185 and 186: income average. The government has
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Page 189 and 190: Box 4.1 Bauxite Industry in Guyana:
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Page 197 and 198: Box 4.2 Apparel Industry in Haiti:
Page 199 and 200: Economic and Social Development 1JA
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Page 205: Box 4.4 Film Production Outsourcing
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Page 213: CIA. “The World Factbook: Montser
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Page 222 and 223: Panama: Selected social development
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Page 230 and 231: St. Kitts & Nevis: Selected social
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Page 244 and 245: ———. St. Lucia: 2005 Article
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International Integration 5Sources:
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Trinidad and Tobago has consistentl
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Ethanol Producer Magazine. “Ethan
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He said that, in mid-2005, St. Kitt
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projects are set to come online in
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Government of Jamaica 10In testimon
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mentioned that promoting health tou
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economies have become increasingly
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Caribbean-Central American Action (
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and that CBERA benefits are limited
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She added that “a failure to full
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APPENDIX ARequest Letter from Commi
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CALENDAR OF PUBLIC HEARINGThose lis
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ORGANIZATION AND WITNESS:Halcrow, I
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APPENDIX DCountry Profiles Tables a
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Table D.1 Country Profiles Tables a
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Table D.1-ContinuedTable or figuren
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APPENDIX EMerchandise Trade Tables
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Table E.2 Leading U.S. imports unde
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APPENDIX FDevelopment Tables
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Table F.2 Selected examples of rece
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Table F.2-ContinuedCountryPanama-Co
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