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The report is a World Bank Group effort led by senior and lead economists, with contributions across IBRD and IFC teams and involvement from MIGA. It integrates guidance from senior operational leadership, inputs from multiple practice areas, and data access supported by Jamaica’s Statistical Institute of Jamaica and the Planning Institute of Jamaica.","Report No: 177372-JM  \nJAMAICA  \nBOOSTING RECOVERY AND SUSTAINABLE ECONOMIC GROWTH  \nSYSTEMATIC COUNTRY DIAGNOSTIC  \nOctober 2022  \nThe World Bank Group Country Department LCC3  \nLatin America and Caribbean Region  \nAcknowledgments  \nThe Jamaica Systematic Country Diagnostic is a World Bank Group product prepared by a team consisting of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and International Finance Corporation (IFC) staff, with the involvement of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) . The preparation of the SCD was led by Rohan Longmore (Senior Economist), Robert Utz (Lead Economist), and Roy Katayama (Senior Economist) . The team gratefully acknowledges the guidance of Lilia Burunciuc (Country Director), Martin Spicer (Director), E. Gail Richardson (Operations Manager), Doerte Doemeland (Practice Manager), Ximena Del Carpio (Practice Manager), Judith Green (IFC Country Manager), Nataliya Mylenko (Program Leader), Timothy Johnston (Program Leader), Vickram Cuttaree (Program Leader) Karlene Francis (Senior Operations Officer), Dianna Dacosta (Consultant), Matias Arnal (Consultant), and Maria Carolina Salazar (Consultant) . The table below presents the full list of input providers. Administrative support was provided by Adriane Landwehr (Program Assistant) . Peer reviewers were David Knight (Lead Economist), Samuel Freije-Rodriguez (Lead Economist), and Carolina Monsalve (Lead Climate Change Specialist) .  \nThe team expresses its gratitude to the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, as well as the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) for organizing country consultations. We are thankful for comments received during these meetings, including from representatives of the government, the private sector, civil society, development partners, academia, think tanks, youth representatives, non-governmental organizations, and citizens. 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