Caribbean Economic Overview 2002 : Macroeconomic Volatility, Household Vulnerability, and Institutional and Policy Responses

This report uses an analytical framework that take into account the effect of natural disasters as well as country size in measuring the serious implications macroeconomic or aggregate volatility (marked period-to-period variations in measures of m...

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Main Author:	Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	CARIBBEAN REGION VULNERABILITY NATURAL DISASTERS INTERNATIONAL TRADE LABOR MARKETS MACROECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECONOMIC GROWTH EXTERNAL FINANCE SOCIAL INDICATORS SELF-INSURANCE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE INDICATORS HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION UNEMPLOYMENT RATES HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD DATA COMMODITY STABILIZATION FUNDS TRADE STRUCTURE COMMODITY TRADE WORKERS REMITTANCES CAPITAL FLOWS AGGREGATE INCOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BUSINESS CYCLE BUSINESS CYCLES CAPITAL FLOWS CAPITAL FORMATION CONSUMERS CONSUMPTION GROWTH COUNTRY CASE COUNTRY SIZE CURRENCY DEBT DEPENDENT VARIABLE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE DIRECT INVESTMENT DISECONOMIES DISPOSABLE INCOME DIVERSIFICATION DOMESTIC CREDIT DOMESTIC MARKETS ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMIC DOWNTURNS ECONOMIC FLUCTUATIONS ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE EDUCATED WORKERS EDUCATION LEVEL EXPORTS EXTERNAL DEBT EXTERNAL IMBALANCES EXTERNAL SHOCKS FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FINANCIAL MARKETS FINANCIAL SYSTEMS FISCAL DEFICITS FISCAL POLICIES FISCAL POLICY GDP GNP GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH RATE GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HIGH GROWTH HIGH VOLATILITY HUMAN CAPITAL IMPORTS INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME GROWTH INCOME LEVELS INCOME MEASURES INFLATION INFLATION RATES INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS INSTITUTIONAL MEASURES INSURANCE LABOR FORCE LABOR MARKET LIQUIDITY LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS M2 MACROECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT MACROECONOMIC PERFORMANCE MACROECONOMIC POLICIES MACROECONOMIC POLICY MACROECONOMIC STABILITY MONETARY POLICY NATIONAL INCOME OIL PER CAPITA GROWTH PER CAPITA INCOME PER CAPITA INCOME LEVELS PER CAPITA INCOMES PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POLICY VOLATILITY POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLDS POPULATION GROWTH POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PRICE FLUCTUATIONS PRIVATE CONSUMPTION PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SECTOR REAL INCOME REGIONAL AVERAGES REGRESSION ANALYSIS RELATIVE IMPORTANCE RISK MANAGEMENT SAFETY NET SAVINGS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL WORK SOLVENCY STANDARD DEVIATION STATISTICAL ANALYSIS STRUCTURAL CHANGE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE TERMS OF TRADE TIME CONSTRAINTS TRADE OPENNESS TRADE SHOCKS UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT RATE WELFARE GAINS YOUTH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/1982683/caribbean-economic-overview-2002-macroeconomic-volatility-household-vulnerability-institutional-policy-responses http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15374