Making sense of Jamaica’s growth challenges

KINGSTON, Jamaica - There is much anxiety today among Jamaicans at home and abroad concerning Jamaica's economic future. Those who have been brave enough to look over the economic precipice often return to the fold with grossly disturbing news.
We hear, for instance, that Jamaica's indebtedness has forced the Government to allocate a relatively large share of its already meagre financial resources toward debt repayment rather than education, health care and infrastructure development. We are provided with accounts of apparently arm-twisting deals between the Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF).