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The Challenge of Diversification in the Caribbean

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  • A. Salehizadeh
  • Peter Berezin
  • Elcior Santana
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    Abstract

    It is typically assumed that countries in the Caribbean suffer from a lack of output and export diversification. Contrary to this popular perception, we find no evidence that output variability is higher in Caribbean countries than in larger, more diversified, developing economies. In addition, we find no evidence that export earnings are more volatile in the Caribbean economies than elsewhere. In fact, export earnings are quite stable in the Caribbean, reflecting the fact the region is rather unique in that most of its export earnings are generated from service exports, which tend to be considerably less volatile than goods exports.

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    Length: 53
    Date of creation: 01 Nov 2002
    Handle: RePEc:imf:imfwpa:02/196
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    Keywords: Economic integration; Consumption; Caribbean; growth; diversification; risk-sharing; export earnings; service exports; aggregate consumption; export diversification; trade liberalization; General;

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    1. KAMGNA, Severin Yves, 2007. "Diversification économique en Afrique centrale : Etats des lieux et enseignements
      [Economic diversification in central Africa]      ," MPRA Paper 9602, University Library of Munich, Germany.

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