Political Risk

The Bank of Jamaica (BOJ) faces a grilling over its fiscal prudence after the auditor general's review of the central bank's affairs. Specifically, Jamaica's auditor general is... 2008-10-01

With the murder rate in Jamaica continuing to rise, Prime Minister Bruce Golding has proposed implementing tougher anti-crime measures. We do not expect to see any new measures provide... 2008-07-23

Q108 figures for CPI in Guyana have revealed that the sharp deceleration of price growth has reversed, with overall price growth of 11.5% y-o-y in March. With such a fragile polity,... 2008-06-26

As Guyana's governing People's Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) pursues an agenda of privatisation, we are encouraged by a recent admission by Prime Minister Samuel Hinds that he believes... 2008-06-03

As expected, President Leonel Fernández won a clear first-round election victory on May 16 on the back of the incumbent's credentials in reviving the Dominican Republic's economy... 2008-05-19

BMI View: While the exclusion from parliament of opposition leader Basdeo Panday is likely to blow over soon, the much more serious problem of rising crime continues to provide... 2008-04-14

Ranking an impressive 23rd out of 179 countries globally in Transparency International's 2007 Transparency Corruption Index, Barbados continues to make improvements to government... 2008-04-10

BMI View: In its latest Country Reports on Human Rights Practices, the US State Department gives Guyana a generally favourable assessment. However, a score only 51.8 in BMI 's... 2008-03-14

BMI View: In the wake of the massacre of 11 civilians at Lusignan and the ensuing ethnically-charged political in-fighting, we have revised down our long-term political ratings... 2008-02-18

BMI View: In a landslide victory, Dean Barrow of the opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) came through triumphant in Belize's general elections, held on February 7. In our view,... 2008-02-11