Poverty in Jamaica, Essay Sample

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Jamaica's decades of debt are damaging its future CITATION The13 \l 1033 (The Guardian, 2013)
This article is about the loans IMF has granted Jamaica purporting to be rescuing their economy, yet the loans accrue huge interests and stall or retard their economic development.
The article asserts that the loans have done little to help the economy of the country which has been struggling with post-independence issues like poverty and self-government challenges.
The article has also described in detail how the Jamaican economy has slumped despite the futile efforts of the government and the IMF to inject more funds to rescue it.
Poverty rising in Jamaica, says Shaw CITATION Jam14 \l 1033 (Jamaican Observer, 2014)
Shaw, who is the opposition spokesperson on finance and planning has questioned the government’s failure to publish the poverty levels in the country.
He has cited that poverty levels have grown by 2% since the incumbent government took office in 2010.
He also cit...