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		<title>IMF Approves US$93.9 Million Disbursement for Jamaica</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has concluded the first review of Jamaica’s economic performance under a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA), enabling the immediate disbursement about US$94 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to about US$705, it was announced Wednesday (June 23). Jamaica has performed very well under the program. All quantitative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Approves $117.8 Million Loan for Antigua and Barbuda</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Against the background of the global economic crisis, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has approved a $117.8 million loan to support the Antigua and Barbuda’s plan to recover from mounting government debt, weak economic growth, and the effects of the economic crisis. The global lender announced June 8 that the money will help Antigua and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Africa’s Versatile Oil Palm Plant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Apr 2010 15:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afua Asantewaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was the immense industrial potential of palm oil that first grabbed the attention of Europeans during the Industrial Revolution and led to Britain waging war on King Ja-Ja (Jaja) in the 19th century writes Afua Asantewaa in the conclusion of her series.]]></description>
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		<title>Palm Wine Drinkards</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 18:59:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Afua Asantewaa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[About three weeks after my arrival in Ghana that a friend, Yao, handed me the calabash of palm wine with the directive, “Try this; it’s deha, palm wine.” I had heard much about the treasured drink that was such a staple of West Afrikans’ culture it also reigned in their literature but the frothy, milk-like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IMF Approves $1.25 billion Stand-by Loan to Jamaica</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/02/04/imf-approved-1-25-billion-stand-by-loan-to-jamaica/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund has approved a US$1.25 billion loan to support Jamaica&#8217;s economic reforms and help the country cope with the consequences of the global financial crisis, Trevor Alleyne, the IMF&#8217;s mission chief to the island announced in Washington, Thursday. Alleyne said the executive board approved the loan Thursday and the period to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica lands $500M China Deal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 14:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The governments of Jamaica and China have signed agreements valued more than US$500 million, a release from the office of the island&#8217;s prime minister said Thursday. The agreements cover the construction of affordable housing, road repair and rehabilitation as well as shoreline protection and rehabilitation on the Palisadoes roadway which links the island&#8217;s main airport [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caribbean, Central America Recovery Lags Behind Asia&#8217;s &#8211; IMF</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/01/26/caribbean-central-america-recovery-lags-behind-asias-imf/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 20:52:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark Lee</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has painted a more optimistic view of the global economy in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) and its Global Financial Stability Reports but officials say Latin America and Caribbean growth is still at pre-crisis levels. &#8220;In 2010, world output is expected to rise by 4 percent,&#8221; the WEO report [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jamaica Canada Trade &#8211; The Missed Chances</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2010/01/08/jamaica-canada-trade-the-missed-chances/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Middleton Wilson </dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many writers have excused Jamaica&#8217;s poor economic performance by blaming or ascribing it to the global melt down. While I will admit that that occurrence affected visitor arrivals, Jamaica&#8217;s economic woes were set in motion long ago. Let me hive off one little piece of our unreadiness. We built the mercantile trade of the Maritime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Caricom Countries Must Get Going on EPA &#8211; Golding</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/05/30/caricom-countries-must-get-going-on-epa-golding/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 11:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Bruce Golding says Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean need to be liberated from the nostalgia of an era of protective market when they could punish their consumers as they chose, by shutting their borders so that foreign goods could not easily come in and consumers were condemned to substandard products. &#8216;We [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Death Knell of Jamaica&#8217;s Canadian Tourist Market?</title>
		<link>http://www.abengnews.com/2009/04/26/the-death-knell-of-jamaicas-canadian-tourist-market/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 00:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anthony Barrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The abortive hijacking of a Canadian flight at Montego bay&#8217;s Sangster International Airport, could well be the death knell for Jamaica&#8217;s insipid tourism industry if the industry&#8217;s players are not proactive. It is time to cut the posturing and act to save what&#8217;s left of a formerly dependable sector. Recently there has been much crowing [...]]]></description>
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