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July 25, 2008
September 10, 2007
August 4, 2006
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May 3, 2004
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Projected % Change
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2009
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2010
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Real GDP
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-3
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0
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Consumer Prices
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3.5
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5.2
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Source: World Economic Outlook (October 2009)
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Barbados and the IMF
Updated October 6, 2009
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The last Article IV Executive Board Consultation was on July 25, 2008. Listed below are items related to Barbados, in reverse chronological order (you can also view items by category).
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| October 06, 2009 -- Statement by the Hon. David Thompson, Governor of the World Bank Group for Barbados, on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 274Kb
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| September 14, 2009 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2009 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| September 14, 2009 -- Barbados: 2009 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on its Consideration by the Executive Board
Series: Country Report No. 09/291
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| April 25, 2009 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 121Kb
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| February 20, 2009 -- Barbados: Financial System Stability Assessment - Update, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Banking Supervision and Securities Regulation
Series: Country Report No. 09/64
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| January 29, 2009 -- Barbados: Report on the Observance of Standards and Codes - FATF Recommendations for Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism
Series: Country Report No. 09/19
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| October 11, 2008 -- IMFC Statement by Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 319Kb
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| August 28, 2008 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2008 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| August 28, 2008 -- Barbados: 2008 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 08/295
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| June 17, 2008 -- Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission for the 2008 Article IV Consultation Discussions with Barbados
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| February 11, 2008 -- Press Release: Statement by IMF Deputy Managing Director Murilo Portugal at the Conclusion of his Visit to Barbados
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| October 20, 2007 -- IMFC Statement by James Michael Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 196Kb
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| September 27, 2007 -- Barbados: Report on Observance of Standards and Codes - Fiscal Transparency Module
Series: Country Report No. 07/338
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| September 13, 2007 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2007 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| September 13, 2007 -- Barbados: 2007 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 07/315
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| July 20, 2007 -- Press Release: Statement by the IMF Mission on the 2007 Article IV Consultation Discussions with Barbados
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| April 14, 2007 -- IMFC Statement by the The Honorable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance for Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 191Kb
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| February 01, 2007 -- Colonial Origins, Institutions and Economic Performance in the Caribbean: Guyana and Barbados
Author/Editor: DaCosta, Michael
Series: Working Paper No. 07/43
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| October 01, 2006 -- A Small Foreign Exchange Market with a Long-Term Peg: Barbados
Author/Editor: Worrell, DeLisle | Craigwell, Roland | Mitchell, Travis
Series: Working Paper No. 06/245
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| September 19, 2006 -- Statement by the Hon. Conrad Enrill, Governor of the World Bank Group for Trinidad and Tobago, on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 329Kb
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| September 17, 2006 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Jim Flaherty, Minister of Finance for Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 276Kb
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| September 13, 2006 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2006 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| September 13, 2006 -- Barbados: 2006 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; Staff Statement; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 06/323
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| September 01, 2006 -- The Monetary Policy Regime and Banking Spreads in Barbados
Author/Editor: Samuel, Wendell A. | Valderrama, Laura
Series: Working Paper No. 06/211
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| April 22, 2006 -- IMFC Statement by Honorable James Michael Flaherty, Minister of Finance, Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 735Kb
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| September 25, 2005 -- Statement by the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Governor of the World Bank for St. Kitts and Nevis, on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 350Kb
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| August 15, 2005 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Executive Board Concludes 2005 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| August 15, 2005 -- Barbados: 2005 Article IV Consultation - Staff Report; and Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion
Series: Country Report No. 05/297
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| April 16, 2005 -- IMFC Statement by The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance of Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 338Kb
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| April 01, 2005 -- Quantitative Assessment of a Financial System--Barbados
Author/Editor: Chase, Karen | Greenidge, Kevin | Moore, Winston | Worrell, DeLisle
Series: Working Paper No. 05/76
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| October 02, 2004 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance of Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 600Kb
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| July 01, 2004 -- Caribbean Business Cycles
Author/Editor: Cashin, Paul
Series: Working Paper No. 04/136
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| May 26, 2004 -- Barbados: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 04/153
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| May 26, 2004 -- Barbados: 2004 Article IV Consultation--Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Barbados
Series: Country Report No. 04/154
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| May 14, 2004 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2004 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| April 24, 2004 -- IMFC Statement by the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Finance of Canada
On behalf of: Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, Barbados, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines. PDF File Size: 73Kb
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| September 21, 2003 -- Statement by the Honourable John Manley, Minister of Finance of Canada, given on the Occasion of the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) Meeting, September 21, 2003
Representing the Constituency consisting of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
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| August 01, 2003 -- Economic Resilience with an Exchange Rate Peg: the Barbados Experience, 1985-2000
Author/Editor: Worrell, DeLisle | Codrington, Harold | Craigwell, Roland | Greenidge, Kevin
Series: Working Paper No. 03/168
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| April 12, 2003 -- IMFC Statement by John Manley, Minister of Finance, Canada, April 12, 2003
The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| March 05, 2003 -- Barbados: 2002 Article IV Consultation --Staff Report; Staff Statement; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Barbados
Series: Country Report No. 03/44
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| March 05, 2003 -- Barbados: Statistical Appendix
Series: Country Report No. 03/45
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| February 26, 2003 -- Barbados: Financial System Stability Assessment, including Reports on the Observance of Standards and Codes on the following topics: Monetary and Financial Policy Transparency, Banking Supervision, Securities Regulation, Insurance Regulation, and Payment Systems
Series: Country Report No. 03/35
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| February 21, 2003 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes 2002 Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Each Public Information Notice contains a background section, a table of selected economic indicators, and an Executive Board assessment.
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| February 10, 2003 -- Hard Choices to be Made, Commentary by Anthony Pellechio, Deputy Division Chief, Western Hemisphere Department, IMF
Published in Nation (Barbados)
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| September 29, 2002 -- Statement by the Hon. Anthony Boatswain, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for Grenada, on behalf of the Joint Carribean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion of the Boards of Governors of the IMF and World Bank, September 29, 2002
PDF File Size: 117Kb
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| September 28, 2002 -- Statement by the Honourable John Manley, Minister of Finance of Canada, to the IMFC Meeting, Washington, D.C., September 28, 2002
The International Monetary and Financial Committee statement on behalf of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| September 01, 2002 -- Trade and Integration in the Caribbean
Author/Editor: Egoumé-Bossogo, Philippe | Mendis, Chandima
Series: Working Paper No. 02/148
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| May 01, 2002 -- Caribbean Offshore Financial Centers: Past, Present, and Possibilities for the Future
Author/Editor: Suss, Esther C. | Williams, Oral | Mendis, Chandima
Series: Working Paper No. 02/88
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| April 20, 2002 -- Statement by the Honourable Paul Martin Minister of Finance and Governor of the IMF for Canada, to the International Monetary and Finance Committee, Washington, D.C., August 20, 2002
The International Monetary and Financial Committee member for the constituency consisting of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| November 17, 2001 -- Statement by the Honourable Paul Martin Minister of Finance of Canada, to the International Monetary and Finance Committee, Ottawa, November 17, 2001
The International Monetary and Financial Committee member for the constituency consisting of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| November 05, 2001 -- Inauguration of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center, Address by Horst Köhler
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| August 31, 2001 -- Corrected: News Brief: IMF to Coordinate New Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center
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| August 01, 2001 -- Financial System Soundness in the Caribbean: An Initial Assessment
Author/Editor: Worrell, DeLisle | Cherebin, Desiree | Polius, Tracy
Series: Working Paper No. 01/123
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| April 29, 2001 -- Statement by the Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance and Governor of the IMF for Canada
The International Monetary and Financial Committee member for the constituency consisting of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| December 13, 2000 -- Barbados: Statistical Appendix
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 00/161
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| December 04, 2000 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.
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| December 04, 2000 -- Barbados: 2000 Article IV Consultation -- Staff Report; Statement by Staff Representative; Public Information Notice Following Consultation; and Statement of the Barbados Authorities.
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 00/158
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| September 27, 2000 -- Statement by the Hon. Ambrose George, Governor of the IMF for Dominica, on behalf of the Commonwealth Caribbean States who are members of Caricom
PDF File Size: 113Kb
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| April 16, 2000 -- International Monetary and Financial Committee Statement by The Honourable Paul Martin, Minister of Finance and Governor of the IMF for Canada, April 16, 2000
The International Monetary and Financial Committee member for the constituency consisting of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Dominica, Grenada, Ireland, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
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| March 01, 2000 -- Caribbean Approaches to Economic Stabilization
Author/Editor: Hilaire, Alvin
Series: Working Paper No. 00/73
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| February 08, 2000 -- Challenges and Opportunities: The IMF and the Caribbean -- Address by Shigemitsu Sugisaki
Given at the High Level Seminar on the Caribbean, St. Peter, Barbados
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| December 10, 1999 -- Public Information Notice: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.
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| December 10, 1999 -- Barbados: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 99/142
Notes: Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 99/112--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Barbados and a Statement by Mr. Thomas A. Bernes, Executive Director, on November 5, 1999.
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| December 10, 1999 -- Barbados: Statistical Appendix
Series: IMF Staff Country Report no. 99/144
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| September 29, 1999 -- Statement by the Hon. Ralph Fonseca, Governor of the IMF for Belize, on behalf of the Joint Carribean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 12Kb
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| October 07, 1998 -- Statement by the Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Governor of the IMF and the World Bank for Barbados on behalf of the Joint Caribbean Group, at the Joint Annual Discussion
PDF File Size: 30Kb
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| April 07, 1998 -- Barbados Recent Economic Developments
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 98/23
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| February 25, 1998 -- Press Information Notice: IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Barbados
Public Information Notices (PINs) form part of the IMF's efforts to promote transparency of the IMF's views and analysis of economic developments and policies.
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| September 24, 1997 -- Statement by the Hon. William C. Allen, Governor of the IMF for The Bahamas on behalf of the Caricom Countries, at the Joint Annual Discussion.
PDF File Size: 32Kb
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| January 23, 1997 -- Barbados - Statistical Appendix
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 96/138
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| May 10, 1995 -- Barbados - Recent Economic Developments
Series: IMF Staff Country Report No. 95/32
Notes: This report on recent economic developments in Barbados was prepared by a staff team of the International Monetary Fund as background documentation for the periodic consultation with this member country. In releasing this document for public use, confidential material may have been removed at the request of the member.
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