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Jamaica

Capital Kingston
Area Sq Km 10 991
Area Sq Miles 4 244
Population 2 538 000
Languages English, Creole
Religions Protestant, Roman, Catholic
Currency Dollar
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Economy Overview
Jamaica is one of the world's largest producers of bauxite, which accounts for half of the country'sexport earnings, but despite expanding production, low world prices and falling demand have kept revenues static. After a period of rapid expansion in the mid-1970s, tourism has become the major source of foreign exchange. Agriculture (principally sugar cane, bananas, coffee and cocoa) has also been largely stagnant, with improved efficiency and production methods offset by climatic conditions and the state of the world markets. The manufacturing sector produces cement, textiles, tobacco and other consumer goods among its products. Imported oil and gas account for the bulk of the island's energy requirements.
Recent economic policy has pursued a familiar course of privatisation of state-owned enterprises, deregulation, and tight budgetary controls, implemented under IMF supervision and aimed principally at reducing Jamaica's large overseas debts. Reform of the tax and banking systems followed in the mid-1990s. These measures have improved Jamaica's financial position, but with little benefit to the population who still suffer from high inflation and unemployment. The economy as a whole has contracted by an average of 1-2 per cent annually since the mid-1990s.
Government
The head of state is the British monarch, represented by a Governor General who has nominal and rarely used powers. The 60-member House of Representatives, which is responsible for legislation, is elected every five years by universal suffrage. An upper house, the Senate, has 21 appointees to ratify legislation.

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