CaPRI Newsroom - In The News

High-risk governance
25/Apr/2010

The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has come out in praise of the JDX and advises that Government "must pursue disciplined management of liabilities", "aggressively rationalise the public sector" and embark on "comprehensive fundamental tax reforms".
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Bruce's Budget Battle
25/Apr/2010

Achieving Fiscal Responsibility in Jamaica: the JDX and Beyond by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI). This important research paper, whose principal researcher was the University of the West Indies senior economics lecturer, Dr Damien King, draws heavily on cross-county studies.
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Capri Study Backs JDX
22/Apr/2010

In an important study just released, the independent Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CAPRI) has strongly endorsed the Government's debt exchange programme, saying "the Jamaica Debt Exchange has turned an unsustainable fiscal situation into a potentially sustainable one. The fact and manner of the programme deserves kudos for both the government and domestic debt-holders".
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CaPRI estimates 5% savings from JDX
21/Apr/2010

The CaPRI researchers note that Jamaica's high and unsustainable indebtedness is primarily due to liabilities contracted outside of central government, and that real interest payments have accounted for a minor three per cent of GDP since 1996.

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