Caribbean economic overview 2002. World Bank. Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development

This interim report examines the theme of macroeconomic volatility and its effects on household vulnerability in the Caribbean countries. The motivation for this choice of theme was twofold. First, recent World Bank work on the subject for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region as a whole yielded interesting results, and suggested to us that a more in-depth look at the Caribbean countries in particular would be worthwhile. Second, informal discussions with several stakeholders in the Caribbean in recent months have generally indicated a strong interest in the topic on their part, given its apparent relevance and cogency for the Caribbean countries.