## The Bahamas: Selected Issues

_IMF Staff Country Reports, May 9, 2022_

## Source details

**Canonical URL:** [The Bahamas: Selected Issues](https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2022/05/06/the-bahamas-selected-issues-517634)

## Other formats

- [Markdown version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2022/05/06/the-bahamas-selected-issues-517634/index.md)
- [Structured JSON version](/en/publications/cr/issues/2022/05/06/the-bahamas-selected-issues-517634/index.json)
- [Bundle manifest](/en/publications/cr/issues/2022/05/06/the-bahamas-selected-issues-517634/bundle-manifest.json)

## Bibliographic details
- Published: May 9, 2022
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- Volume: 2022
- Issue: 132
- Pages: 27
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400209581.002
- Stock No: 1BHSEA2022002
- ISBN: 9798400209581
- ISSN: 1934-7685

---

### Subject areas and keywords
- Subject: Civil service, Expenditure, International organization, Labor, Monetary policy, Pension spending, Pensions, Retirement, Wages
- Keywords: automatic adjustment mechanism, Caribbean, Civil service, debt buffer, IMF's transparency policy, Pension spending, Pensions, policy option, Retirement, staff team of the International Monetary Fund, Wages

### Access and formats
- Download PDF (format available on IMF eLibrary)
- More formats on IMF eLibrary
- Order a Print Copy (option indicated)
- Citation preview provided in Format: Chicago as: International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. "The Bahamas: Selected Issues", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 132 (2022), accessed 8/31/2026, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400209581.002
- Export citation formats listed: .ris, ProCite, RefWorks, Reference Manager, .bib, BibTex, Zotero, .enw, EndNote

### Topical focus points (as indicated by source metadata)
- Civil service and wages
- Pension spending and retirement policy
- Expenditure and fiscal policy mechanisms (including automatic adjustment mechanism)
- Labor market issues
- Monetary policy considerations
- Institutional context: International organization engagement and IMF staff team involvement
- Regional context: Caribbean
- Fiscal risk management: debt buffer

*International Monetary Fund. The Bahamas: Selected Issues, IMF Staff Country Reports No. 2022/132 (May 9, 2022).*

---

## Content in this bundle

- **The Bahamas: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 22/132; April 15, 2022**
  - [The Bahamas: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 22/132; April 15, 2022 (Markdown version)](/-/media/files/publications/cr/2022/english/1bhsea2022002.pdf.md){rel="alternate" type="text/markdown"}
  - [The Bahamas: Selected Issues; IMF Country Report No. 22/132; April 15, 2022 (PDF)](/-/media/files/publications/cr/2022/english/1bhsea2022002.pdf){rel="external" type="application/pdf"}

---

_Source: https://www.imf.org/en/publications/cr/issues/2022/05/06/the-bahamas-selected-issues-517634_