Jamaica Resident Representative Site

Resident Representative Office in Jamaica

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This web page provides information in on the activities of the Office, views of the IMF staff, and the relations between Jamaica and the IMF. Additional information can be found on Jamaica and IMF country page, including official IMF reports and Executive Board documents that deal with Jamaica.

News and Highlights

Statement by an IMF Mission to Jamaica

Issued by Jan Kees Martijn, IMF mission chief for Jamaica 

Governance in the Funds and Investment Market

Presented by Dr. Gene Leon IMF Senior Resident Representative, Jamaica KPMG Seminar: Achieving Regulatory Compliance & Administrative Efficiency within the Funds & Investment Market; September 21, 2011 

Resuscitating Growth in Jamaica

Presented by Dr. Gene Leon IMF Resident Representative, Jamaica; Small Business Association; Knutsford Court Hotel; June 30, 2011 

Imagine a New Brand Jamaica! Strategies to achieve economic growth

Presented by Dr. Gene Leon IMF Resident Representative, Jamaica; Jamaica Exporters’ Association; Wyndham Kingston Hotel; June 29, 2011 

Governing Pension Funds: Securing the future The way forward post-JDX

Presented by Dr. Gene Leon IMF Resident Representative, Jamaica; Pension Investment Fund Seminar; March 30, 2011 

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Jamaica and The IMF

Press Release: IMF Concludes Staff Visit to Jamaica

May 21, 2013

Jamaica: Request for an Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility

May 17, 2013
Series: Country Report No. 13/126 

Press Release: IMF Executive Board Approves US$932.3 Million Arrangement under the Extended Fund Facility for Jamaica

May 1, 2013

IMF Survey : IMF Loan to Help Jamaica Cope With Growth and Debt Challenges

May 1, 2013
The IMF’s Executive Board approved a 48-month, $932 million Extended Arrangement for Jamaica. The program will help create the conditions for sustained growth through a significant improvement in the fiscal and debt positions and in competitiveness. 

Transcript of a IMF Western Hemisphere Department Press Briefing

April 19, 2013

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Regional Economic Outlook: Western Hemisphere

Growth in Latin America is set to pick up to about 3½ percent in 2013, broadly in line with potential. The region continues to benefit from favorable external financing conditions and relatively high commodity prices, but these tailwinds are unlikely to last forever. The key challenges for policymakers today are preserving macroeconomic and financial stability, and building strong foundations for sustained growth in the future. More prudent fiscal policy would help ease pressure on capacity constraints, mitigate the widening of current account deficits, and prepare the economies better to deal with adverse external shocks. Exchange rate flexibility and prudential measures should continue to be used to discourage speculative capital flows. Sustaining strong output growth will require structural reforms to raise productivity growth.