Dominica: Selected Issues

December 20, 2017

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Dominica: Selected Issues, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2017) accessed December 22, 2024

Summary

This Selected Issues paper discusses the optimal management of Citizenship-by-Investment (CBI) program revenues in Dominica. Dominica’s CBI inflows have reached near 10 percent of GDP, increasing the country’s reliance on these revenues. It is argued that given their volatile and unpredictable nature, CBI revenues should be used prudently. Their use should be mindful of the chances of a sudden stop in these flows. It is therefore essential to prioritize investment, debt reduction, and saving in lieu of current expenditure, which is typically more difficult to reverse. Simulation analysis based on fiscal multipliers indicate that such combination of policies would boost GDP and help reach the regional debt target of 60 percent of GDP by 2030 as committed by the government.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current spending, Expenditure, Labor, Production, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Sudden stops, Total factor productivity

Keywords: Caribbean, CBI Funds, CBI inflow, CBI revenue, CR, Current spending, Dominica, Dominica economy, Global, ISCR, Labor productivity indicator, Labor productivity measure, Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP), Sudden stops, Total factor productivity

Publication Details

Pages:

42
Volume:

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DOI:

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Series:

Country Report No. 2017/392
Stock No:

1DAMEA2017002
ISBN:

9781484334287
ISSN:

1934-7685

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