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Governance in the context of crisis has led to forms of innovation in governance. The creation of social partnership to mitigate the effects of crises has engendered stability between parties for mutual gains and has mitigated the risk of loss. EPOC’s creation as a multi-partite social partnership brokering several interests along with modalities that supported the successful implementation of the IMF caused them to receive accolades and the public confidence as a public good. The networking and interface of EPOC with Government, which were beneficial to the public interest during the roll out of the IMF Agreements, facilitated transparency, cooperative problem-solving and committed actions to address wicked problems.
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Clarke, C., Nelson, C. (2021). New Governance Paradigms. In: Jamaica’s Evolving Relationship with the IMF. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59204-2_5
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