Private Sector External Debt in the Caribbean: The Stylized Facts

The Latin American and Caribbean countries are facing a serious financial crisis. External debt in the region is over $360 billion, and seven South American countries are among the ten largest debtors in the world. Interest payments alone required, in the years of 1982, 1983, and 1984, more than 35% of total regional exports of goods and services, a percentage which reached the extreme level of over 50% for one country. To be sure, this problem mostly affects the largest economies, since most of the Central American and Caribbean countries apply to interest payments less than 20% of their exports. The debt problem is a reality for the entire region, and it makes it difficult for all the countries to obtain new external financing.

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Investment and saving in Latin America and the Caribbean: Stylized facts

Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean - Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2012 ◽

10.18356/235e2b74-en ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 77-94

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Keyword(s):

Latin America ◽

Stylized Facts ◽

The Caribbean

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Private sector in higher education: A few stylized facts

Social Change ◽

10.1177/004908570903900101 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 39 (1) ◽

pp. 1-28 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jandhyala B. G. Tilak

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Private Sector ◽

Stylized Facts

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Operation RUMAN and the Ministry of Defence response to Hurricane Irma

Journal of the Royal Army Medical Corps ◽

10.1136/jramc-2019-001259 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 165 (6) ◽

pp. 436-437

Author(s):

Michael Connolly ◽

J Breeze

Keyword(s):

Private Sector ◽

International Development ◽

Recovery Phase ◽

Defence Response ◽

Delivery Of Healthcare ◽

Humanitarian Operations ◽

The Caribbean ◽

Overseas Territories ◽

Hurricane Irma

Operation RUMAN was the British government’s combined military and humanitarian operations in September 2017 to provide relief to the British Overseas Territories in the Caribbean affected by Hurricane Irma. The Ministry of Defence (MoD), in conjunction with the Department for International Development, produced a tangible effect by the delivery of healthcare and a response to a humanitarian disaster with very little time for planning. The rescue element was accomplished within days but this was followed swiftly by a recovery phase requiring a ‘whole force approach’, with additional assets from non-governmental organisations and the private sector. The aim of this article is to provide information on the role of the Defence Medical Services on behalf of the MoD, and other departmental organisations in achieving the mission of providing medical and logistical support for these British Overseas Territories.

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