Christine Clarke Jamaica's Evolving Relationship with the IMF : There & Back in White

This book explores Jamaicas contemporary relationship with the International Monetary Fund since 2010. It looks at Jamaicas high debt and its inability to access financial support amidst international capital market restrictions, contextualizing harsh socioeconomic realities. This book discusses Jamaicas second return to the IMF and the resulting network of actors, governance and political and socioeconomic efforts to reengender a relationship with a "new IMF. Credibility was restored, demonstrated by and leading to the successful implementation of the 2013 Extended Fund Facility and subsequent exit to a Precautionary StandBy Arrangement in 2016. Clarke and Nelson signal from their analyses lessons learned, discussing the economic prognosis for Jamaica as well as their relationship with the IMF under the shadow of the COVID pandemic. | Christine Clarke Jamaica's Evolving Relationship with the IMF : There & Back in White