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meaning that anyone who loaned the government money would insist on a
substantial risk premium. The government was quite upset about this, but it
does seem to reflect the reality of the downward slide Jamaica is in. How
the government might be expected to assert anything resembling "sovere
The most recent "Community Reinvestment" newsletter (Winter, 1997) of
the Community Affairs Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
deals with sovereignty and economic development." This provides general
background on sovereignty, specific discusssion of the historic a
