There could be volumes of detail written to answer that incredibly complicated economic situation, but the simple answer is that this is a small island country that does not have all the necessary natural resources to meet the needs of its growing population and needed to borrow funds in order to provide the services that the population requires. That is why the IMF exists in the first place. If there wasnt a worldwide need, the IMF wouldnt exist. The IMF wasnt created to help only Jamaica...
