Jamaican harvesting sugar cane (photo: Steve Starr/Corbis Images)
Caribbean economies have been slow to recover from the global financial crisis. This week, the IMF and the government of Jamaica will host a high level forum that will discuss ways of boosting the economies of the region.
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