Public debt sustainability in the Caribbean

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cepal.bibLevelDocumento Completo
cepal.callNumberLC/CAR/L.175
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de Organos Subsidiarios
cepal.docTypeDocumentos de proyectos e investigación
cepal.jobNumberLCCARL175_en
cepal.regionalOfficePuerto España
cepal.topicEngFINANCIAL AND MONETARY SECTOR
cepal.topicSpaSECTOR FINANCIERO Y MONETARIO
cepal.workareaEngECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
cepal.workareaEngSTATISTICS
cepal.workareaSpaDESARROLLO ECONÓMICO
cepal.workareaSpaESTADÍSTICAS
dc.contributor.entityNU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
dc.coverage.spatialEngCARIBBEAN REGION
dc.coverage.spatialSpaCARIBE
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-28T15:06:48Z
dc.date.available2015-07-28T15:06:48Z
dc.date.issued2008-09-04
dc.description.abstractThis paper analyses public debt in the most indebted Caribbean countries – i.e. Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts and Nevis – from the standpoint of its sustainability. A level of debt is deemed to be sustainable when the debt-to-GDP ratio remains constant or declines. The concept of sustainability is closely linked to that of solvency. A government is solvent if the net present value of its future primary balances (i.e. that excludes interest payments) is equal to or greater than the present value of public debt stock. It can be demonstrated that if the debt-to-GDP ratio is not on an explosive path, that it either stable or decreasing, the solvency condition holds. It is worth noting that the concept of fiscal sustainability addressed in this paper differs from that of optimality of public debt. The analysis that follows is intended to determine whether the service of the current debt levels is consistent with the fiscal stance. Therefore, it does not set out to identify the target debt level based on any optimality criteria. The next section presents the main features of different theoretical approaches to analyse public debt sustainability.1 Section II discusses the situation of public debt in the Caribbean countries showing different indicators; Section III analyses debt sustainability in countries with access to market financing; Section IV does the same in Guyana – a country dependent on concessional financing and, as such, included in the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative – and the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU). Sections V and VI go beyond debt levels as determinants of fiscal sustainability, highlighting the importance of the currency composition of debt and the variability of fiscal revenue. The last section concludes.
dc.description.tableOfContentsI. Approaches to analyse public debt sustainability.--II. Situation of public debt in the region.--III. Fiscal sustainability in countries with access to market financing.--IV. Fiscal sustainability in Guyana and ECCU countries.--V. Fiscal vulnerability to changes in exchange rates.--VI. Variability in revenue and fiscal vulnerability.--VII. Conclusions
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dc.format.extent29 páginas.
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.unSymbolLC/CAR/L.175
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11362/38710
dc.language.isoeng
dc.physicalDescription29 p.
dc.publisherECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
dc.publisher.placePort-of-Spain
dc.rights.coarDisponible
dc.subject.unbisEngDEBT
dc.subject.unbisEngDEBT MANAGEMENT
dc.subject.unbisEngPUBLIC DEBT
dc.subject.unbisEngDEBT SERVICING
dc.subject.unbisEngDEBT REPAYMENTS
dc.subject.unbisSpaDEUDA
dc.subject.unbisSpaGESTION DE LA DEUDA
dc.subject.unbisSpaDEUDA PUBLICA
dc.subject.unbisSpaSERVICIO DE LA DEUDA
dc.subject.unbisSpaREEMBOLSO DE LA DEUDA
dc.titlePublic debt sustainability in the Caribbean
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