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Jamaica - The Road to Sustained Growth : Country Economic Memorandum

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  • World Bank, 2003. "Jamaica - The Road to Sustained Growth : Country Economic Memorandum," World Bank Publications - Reports 14666, The World Bank Group.
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    3. Vaughn F. Graham, 2017. "Toward a Conceptual Expansion of Ownership and Post‐2015 Global Development Policy: Illustrations from the Jamaican Experience," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(3), pages 373-395, May.
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    5. Dillon Alleyne & James Alm & Roy Bahl & Sally Wallace, 2004. "Tax Burden in Jamaica," International Center for Public Policy Working Paper Series, at AYSPS, GSU paper0434, International Center for Public Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University.
    6. Mr. Rodolphe Blavy, 2006. "Public Debt and Productivity: The Difficult Quest for Growth in Jamaica," IMF Working Papers 2006/235, International Monetary Fund.

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