Title: Jamaica's financial system
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.
Subjects: Banks and banking, Financial institutions
Places: Jamaica