Michele Robinson - Debt Management Consultant

 Reports and Information Memorandum

2011

• February 2011: Eastern Caribbean Central Bank -  Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) Fiscal Targets (2011)
• January 2011: Moody's Investor Services - Latin America and Caribbean Sovereign Outlook

2010

• January 2010: Government of Jamaica - Jamaica Domestic Debt Exchange (JDX) Information Memorandum 

2009

• May 2009: Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) Debt Management Specialists Group - Minutes of Fifth Annual Meeting
• April 2009: Government of Jamaica - Government of Jamaica Debt Management Strategy 2009/10 
• February 2009: Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago - The Government Securities Market in Trinidad and Tobago

2008

• October 2008: Crown Agents - Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) High Level Debt Management Forum Report  

• April 2008: Government of Jamaica - Government of Jamaica Debt Management Strategy 2008/09
•  February 2008: CS-DRMS User Group - Caribbean Region - CSDRMS User Group Communique 

2007

• April 2007: Government of Jamaica - Government of Jamaica Debt Management Strategy 2007/08 

2006

• December 2006: Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) Regional Government Securities Market - FAQs (Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB))
• April 2006: Government of Jamaica - Government of Jamaica Debt Management Strategy 2006/07 

2005

• November 2005: Government of Grenada - Government of Grenada - Debt Exchange Offer  

2004

• April 2004: Government of Dominica -  Government of Dominica - Debt Exchange Offer

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Useful Publications

2011

• May 2011: Public Sector Debt Statistics Guide for Compilers and Users (Task Force on Finance Statistics - TFFS)
• April 2011: Managing Sovereign Debt and Debt Markets though a Crisis - Practical Insights and Policy Lessons (International Monetary Fund)
• April 2011: Jamaica: Macroeconomic Policy, Debt and the IMF (Centre for Economic and Policy Research)
• January 2011: The Challenges of High Debt Addressing the Debt Overhang - The Cases of Jamaica and Antigua (Alleyne - IMF)

2010

• December 2010: Caribbean Debt and the JDX - Pause for Thought (Robinson) 
• November 2010: Towards Sound Debt Management in the Caribbean (Robinson) 
• June 2010: Debt Restructuring Activities (Options for Small Vulnerable Economies) (Robinson)
• May 2010: Guidance for Operational Risk Management in Debt Management (World Bank)
• May 2010: Jamaica Debt Exchange - A Case Study for Heavily Indebted Middle Income Countries (UNDP) 
• Financing Recovery: Implications for Natural Disaster Expenditure on the Fiscal Sustainability of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Unit (ECCU) States (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI) 

2009

• November 2009: The Debt-Propelled Economy - a Failed Economic Strategy (Harris)
• March 2009: Preliminary Overview of the Caribbean: 2008 - 2009 (UN-ECLAC)
• Fiscal Discipline in the Achievement of Fiscal and Debt Sustainability in the Bahamas (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI)

2008

• September 2008: Public Debt Sustainability in the Caribbean (ECLAC) 
• July 2008: Economic Survey of the Caribbean: 2007 - 2008 (ECLAC)
• March 2008: Jamaica's Debt: Exploring Causes and Strategies (CaPRI)
• February 2008: Debt Sustainability under Catastrophic Risk: The Case for Government Budget Insurance (IMF)

2007

• September 2007: The Impact of High Debt Burdens on Small Caribbean States (Hyman)
• September 2007: A Discourse on Debt and Economic Growth in the Caribbean Community (Bourne) 
• May 2007: DFID - Caribbean Regional Evaluation Programme (DFID)
• May 2007: Debt Accumulation in the Caribbean: Origins, Consequences and Strategies (UN-ECLAC)

2006

• December 2006: Capital Market Development in the Caribbean within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (ECLAC)
• November 2006: Debt Renegotiation - Guyana's Experience with Paris Club and Commercial Creditors (Commonwealth Secretariat)
• June 2006: Sovereign Debt Risk Management - Quantifying Sovereign Risk in Jamaica (Bank of Jamaica)
• Securities Market Development in Trinidad and Tobago -  Contemporary Issues and Challenges (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI)
• The Determinants of Jamaica's Sovereign Spread (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI)
• An Examination of the Government of Jamaica's Debt Raising Strategy - Some Perspectives on Capital Market Development and Monetary Policy Management (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI)
• Price Discovery in the Trinidad and Tobago Fixed- Rate Bond Market - A Preliminary Study (Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance/UWI)

2005

• December 2005: Growth, Debt and Finance in the Caribbean (UN-ECLAC)
• October 2005: Toward the Enhancement of Derivative Trading in the CARICOM sub-region  (UWI-SALISES)
• November 2005: Caribbean Development Bank - Total Public Debt, 1999-2004, Borrowing Member Countries (CDB)
• August 2005: The Emerging Debt Problems of Small States (Commonwealth Secretariat)
• July 2005: Sovereign Debt Crises and Private Sector Involvement (PSI): A Preliminary Assessment of the Dominican Republic's Experience (Rambarran and Bhagoo)
• February 2005: Stabilization, Debt, and Fiscal Policy in the Caribbean (IMF)
• Improving the Effectiveness of the Market for Bonds in the CARICOM Sub-Region (UWI-SALISES)

2004

• May 2004: Sovereign Debt Sustainability in Jamaica: A Risk Management Approach (Bank of Jamaica)

*Newest Addition:

Debt Restructuring Initiatives (for Small Vulnerable Economies (SVEs) (June 2010). Background paper prepared by Michele Robinson for the Commonwealth Secretariat.

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