On behalf of the Board of financial supervision (Cft), Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA) is developing a new data tool for the government finances of Aruba, Curaçao, Sint Maarten, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius, and Saba.
We have revamped our data tool for the Caribbean region — Caribbean Analytics & Statistics — and we are hosting it in a new, faster environment. You can access the updated data tool using the new link caribbean-analytics.com.
In an analysis for a round table discussion of the House of Representatives, Amsterdam Bureau for Economics argues that a broader economic vision is needed to tackle the problems on the housing market.
Professor Raymond Gradus, an associate partner at the Amsterdam Bureau for Economics, reflects on the mortgage interest deduction for higher incomes in an article published in ESB. Since 2013, the government has been gradually moving toward a harmonized deduction rate, but the Schoof administration is deviating from this course in the 2025 tax policy.
Aruba once again holds the most attractive investment climate in the Caribbean region in 2024, followed by Sint Maarten. Curaçao’s investment climate is also showing positive development.
In the past thirty years, the group of migrants from wealthy countries on Bonaire has increased significantly. This is what Martijn Mak (Amsterdam Bureau for Economics) writes in a contribution to ESB. According to various experts, this development could have unintended negative consequences on Bonaire.
Research conducted by Paul Tauxe, analyst at Amsterdam Bureau for Economics provides a comprehensive econometric analysis of the factors behind diseconomies of scale and how they uniquely impact small island states, and offers insights into solutions that could help improve public spending efficiency.
The research conducted by Economisch Bureau Amsterdam (EBA), commissioned by the Centraal Dialoog Bonaire (CD), focuses on developments from 2012 to 2023 and outlines concrete opportunities to promote sustainable economic growth and self-sufficiency.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics (EBA) has conducted research for the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment into the costs of special needs childcare in the Caribbean Netherlands. In the EBA advice, childcare organisations receive compensation per child-day session for children in special needs childcare. The additional compensation for Expertise Centers Education Care is calculated in the proposal on the basis of the number of children on the island under the age of 4.
Amsterdam Bureau for Economics was on Saba from October 27 to 31 for a study into the price level on island. The aim of the research is to gain insight into the causes of the high price level and to identify solutions.