The Bahamas: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation
IMF Staff Country Reports, August 30, 1999
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- Published: August 30, 1999
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781451804645.002
Key findings on output and tourism
- Real GDP growth accelerated from less than 1 percent a year in 1994–95 to 4 percent in 1996.
- Growth slowed somewhat in 1997–98 as construction work on a second phase of tourism projects led to:
- a decline in the number of available hotel rooms, and
- a decline in tourist arrivals.
- Following the completion of the expansion projects in November–December 1998, tourist arrivals rose sharply in the first quarter of 1999.
Thematic coverage and sectors examined
- Subjects covered: Banking; Credit; Economic sectors; Imports; International trade; Public debt; Public sector; Revenue administration; Tourism.
- Keywords and focus areas: Bahamian authorities; Caribbean; CR; government; government limit transfer; government ownership; government's willingness; Imports; ISCR; Public sector; Tourism; transfers to non-profit; Western Hemisphere.
Notes and accompanying material
- Included with the Staff Report are the text of Public Information Notice No. 99/85--IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with the The Bahamas and a statement by Thomas A. Bernes, Executive Director, on August 3, 1999.
International Monetary Fund. The Bahamas: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation (Country Report No. 1999/089), August 30, 1999.
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- The Bahamas: Staff Report for the 1999 Article IV Consultation- ISCR/99/98
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