Jamaica's financial system
Subtitle: its historical development
By: prepared by Gail Lue Lim.
Publisher: Bank of Jamaica
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Kingston, Jamaica, W.I
Language: eng
Number of pages: 54
Subjects: Financial institutions -- Jamaica.; Banks and banking -- Jamaica.
Description: "A survey of the structure of Jamaica's financial system divided into three periods: 1) the transition from the Currency Board as the monetary authority to the creation of the central bank (before the 1970s); 2) the rise of such new institutions as the Jamaica Development Bank and the Jamaica Mortgage Bank (1970s-80s); and 3) an expansion of commercial banks, trust companies, and other financial institutions in the current period"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 53-54).
"This paper was presented at the mid-term meeting of the Regional Programme of Monetary Studies held at the Central Bank of the Bahamas, Nassau, in May 1991"--Introd.