Belize’s Northern Region; Its Economic Performance in the post-independence period

Ken, Crucita (2008): Belize’s Northern Region; Its Economic Performance in the post-independence period. Published in: Taking Stock: Belize at 25 years of Independence. Economy,Environment, Society and Culture , Vol. 1, (2007)

Abstract

Belize got its Independence when the region was going through an economic crisis with debt burden and traditional export prices reduction. The northern region, once the most important economically, faced major challenges which prompted the introduction of fiscal incentive programs to alleviate the growing unemployment and decreasing economic activity. As an international border, it also faced, during the eighties and nineties, the effects of the Mexican peso devaluation. However, Mexico also constituted its mayor market for the establishment of the Commercial Free Zone. The northern region economy has only partially recovered from the major structural changes that Belize has gone through in its post independence period.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Regional development; Belize
• Subjects: R - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics > R1 - General Regional Economics; O - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth > O5 - Economywide Country Studies

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