Caribbean Imperatives

Author : Kenneth O. Hall,Denis Benn
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9789766372200

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Caribbean Imperatives by Kenneth O. Hall,Denis Benn Pdf

"With the launch of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy and the Caribbean Court of Justice, the Caribbean Community has taken major steps to promote closer and more intensive forms of economic cooperation among its constituent members. This effort requires the adoption of innovative approaches to regional governance and creative regional development strategies aimed at maximizing the exercise of sovereignty within the Community and also optimizing the development possibilities of the region. The 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Caribbean Community in 2003 marked an important milestone in the historical evolution of regional integration in the Caribbean. Caribbean Imperatives focuses on several important topics relevant to the future of the community by addressing issues such as the conception of the Caribbean Community; integration theory; the exercise of sovereignty; the Single Market and Economy; production integration; the external relations of the community; and the importance of multilateralism for the viability of small states in the international system. The analysis contained in the volume is extremely relevant to policy makers in the region in managing the transition to more intensive forms of regional integration aimed at improving the well-being of the people of the Caribbean. "

Author : Kenneth O. Hall,Denis Benn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 9766377405

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Caribbean Imperatives by Kenneth O. Hall,Denis Benn Pdf

Author : Hon. Prof. Sir Kenneth O. Hall
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-14
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466941472

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The Pertinence of Caricom in the 21St Century: Some Perspectives by Hon. Prof. Sir Kenneth O. Hall Pdf

The papers in this editor's choice from among the many articles, books and other commentaries that have provided clear and reasoned responses and solutions, to inform and guide our leaders in the creation of a Community for All. The publication posits that the time has come for the citizens of the Caribbean Community to be brought formally into the process that directly affects them and their capacity to live better lives. It advocates the need for them to be informed and educated so that they can better appreciate what benefits Community membership has brought them. Armed with such information they will be better equipped to take increasingly more positive action in their collective interest.

Author : Errol Miller
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015025239529

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Education for All by Errol Miller Pdf

"Highlights the proceedings of the World Conference and the Caribbean Consultation"--Foreword.

Author : Kenneth Hall,Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2012-03-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466911048

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Caribbean Community: the Struggle for Survival by Kenneth Hall,Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang Pdf

The papers which comprise this publication, The Caribbean Community: The Struggle for Survival represents the Editor's choice from among thousands of articles, books and other commentaries that have provided clear and reasoned responses and solutions to inform and guide Caribbean leadership and the people of the Region. They also take a comprehensive look at regional intergration and serve as a guide to those with an interest in following the development in the Carribean Community. The book offers prescriptions for our success as a Community which are predicated on advice regarding what our political leaders should do in a normal context of the evolution of the Community. These prescriptions are based on sound scholarship and competent analysis. The book is an invaluable addition to the existing literature on Caribbean integration and should be part of any compendium on the study of the subject.

Author : Canute S. Thompson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9766407770

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Education and Development by Canute S. Thompson Pdf

Canute S. Thompson examines the nexus between the place and scope of the educational enterprise of a country and a country's developmental prospects and experience. His central claim is that the sustainable development of a country is a function of the quality of its education system and the levels to which its citizens are educated. He argues that in this calculus, the quality of post-secondary and tertiary education systems is a determinant of a country's prospects for development. In examining the issue of underdevelopment facing the Caribbean, Thompson explains that institutions of higher learning in the region face the imperative of finding ways of becoming both more accessible and more relevant to the developmental needs of the region. Taking account of the provisions of the General Agreement on Trades in Services, he points to the disadvantages this trading arrangement poses for higher education institutions in small developing states and suggests ways in which the vulnerabilities these institutions face may be addressed. While asserting that higher education institutions, including and especially the University of the West Indies, must find ways to remain viable in a highly competitive marketplace, Thompson argues that governments of the region have a duty to ensure the survival and success of these institutions. In this vein, he advances recommendations for the public funding of access to higher education. Thompson also examines impediments to development - such as crime, the decline in social activism, weak institutional processes and leadership, and public mistrust - and explores their connection to education. He concludes that the path to sustainable regional development is dependent on improving the quality of, and access to, education, and that such improvements will in turn help contain crime, inspire social activism, strengthen institutional processes and leadership, and ultimately restore public trust.

Author : Gordon Betcherman,Martin Rama
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780191070945

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Jobs For Development by Gordon Betcherman,Martin Rama Pdf

This book is a sequel to the World Bank's World Development Report 2013: Jobs. The central message of that report was that job creation is at the heart of development. Jobs raise living standards and lift people out of poverty, they contribute to gains in aggregate productivity, and they may even foster social cohesion. In doing so, jobs may have spillovers beyond the private returns they offer to those who hold them. Poverty reduction is arguably a public good, making everybody better off; higher productivity spreads across co-workers, clusters, and cities; and social cohesion improves the outcomes of collective decision-making. But which jobs make the greatest contribution to development and what policies can facilitate the creation of more of these jobs? There is no universal answer - it depends on the country's level of development, demography, natural endowments, and institutions. This volume explores the diversity of jobs challenges and solutions through case studies of seven developing countries. These countries, drawn from four continents, represent seven different contexts - a small island nation (St. Lucia), a resource-rich country (Papua New Guinea), agrarian (Mozambique), urbanizing (Bangladesh), and formalizing (Mexico) economies, as well as young (Tunisia) and aging (Ukraine) populations. Using methods drawn from several branches of economics and the social sciences more broadly and analyzing a wide range of data, the authors show the different ways in which jobs have contributed to social and economic development in the countries they have studied and how they can contribute in the future. The policy priorities vary accordingly. They often extend well beyond traditional labor market instruments to include policy areas not typically considered in national growth strategies.

Author : Gordon Mace,Jean-Philippe Therien,Diana Tussie,Olivier Dabène
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317566533

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Summits & Regional Governance by Gordon Mace,Jean-Philippe Therien,Diana Tussie,Olivier Dabène Pdf

Despite the large number of regional and global summits there is very little known about the functioning and impact of this particular type of diplomatic practice. While recognizing that the growing importance of summits is a universal phenomenon, this volume takes advantage of the richness of the Americas experiment to offer a theoretically grounded comparative analysis of contemporary summitry. The book addresses questions such as: How effective have summits been ? How have civil society and other non-state actors been involved in summits? How have summits impacted on the management of regional affairs? Filling a significant void in the literature, this volume offers an original contribution helping to understand how summitry has become a central feature of world politics. It will be of great interest to students and scholars of diplomacy, international organizations, and global/regional governance.

Author : R. Bernal
Publisher : Springer
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781137356314

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Globalization, Trade, and Economic Development by R. Bernal Pdf

This is the most in-depth study of the economic partnership between the European Union and the CARIFORUM countries, a group of fifteen small developing economies in the Caribbean. The CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) is the first trade agreement of its kind, as it is a new type of WTO-compatible trade agreement between a group of developed countries and a group of developing countries. As a principal negotiator for CARIFORUM, Bernal's qualifications allow him to provide a unique perspective on the increasingly important topic of trade and economic development in the midst of globalization. Globalization, Trade, and Economic Development comprehensively explores the components of the EPA from all angles, explains how the agreement provides opportunities to strengthen and accelerate economic development, and outlines the policies which can allow the CARIFORUM countries to seize these opportunities. Bernal's explanation of the institutional arrangements for the conduct of the negotiations by CARIFORUM is invaluable to governments and regional organizations in developing countries for coordinating groups to advance common and joint positions in international negotiations.

Author : Ramesh Ramsaran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Saving and investment
ISBN : 9766200602

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Savings and Investment in the Caribbean by Ramesh Ramsaran Pdf

Author : Kenneth Hall,Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781466910775

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Regional Integration by Kenneth Hall,Myrtle Chuck-A-Sang Pdf

This publication contains a number of papers on issues which are key to Caribbean survival and prosperity. They critically review the challenges facing Member States of CARICOM. Written by a number of outstanding authors of recognized academic pedigree, these analyses look at the Region across a spectrum of issues: political, economic, social and environmental, among others. Attention is focused on efforts at regional integration as well as on the options to be pursued be CARICOM if it is to survive in the new political, economic and social dispensation. The book is replete with insightful; presentations on the evolution of the Community at this point in its history.

Author : Jaipaul L. Roopnarine,Derek Chadee
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1433820641

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Caribbean Psychology by Jaipaul L. Roopnarine,Derek Chadee Pdf

This book seeks to promote a more unified Caribbean psychology that goes beyond a Euro-American perspective to meet the unique needs of the culturally diverse inhabitants of this region and the diaspora.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Caribbean Community
ISBN : 9789766373269

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Confronting Challenges, Maximising Opportunities by Anonim Pdf

"Following the conclusion of the Second World War, the countries of the Caribbean faced serious challenges that threatened their individual survival. Political independence was meaningless without economic independence and the newly independent states of the Caribbean found themselves severely challenges by an international economic system founded on a development paradigm premised on the belief that the accumulation of wealth was the sole route to prosperity and that creating the conditions for more wealth was the preferred pathway to sustainable development. There have been numerous changes to this scenario over the years and Confronting Challenges Maximising Opportunities traces the Caribbean s response to the varying challenges. Using market access as the point to highlight specific challenges, this collection examines Caribbean Diplomacy and paints a picture of the imperatives for social and economic development and the need for a proactive stance to the conditionalities inherent in market access negotiations. "

Author : J. Andrew Grant
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-03-23
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317041856

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The Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms by J. Andrew Grant Pdf

EU studies increasingly recognize the salience of new regional insights. Hence, this collection of original essays provides a broad overview of regionalism, together with detailed analyses on the construction, activities, and implications of both established and emerging examples of formal political and economic organizations as well as informal regional entities and networks. Aimed at scholars and students interested in the continuing growth of regionalism, The Ashgate Research Companion to Regionalisms is a key resource to understanding the major debates in the field. Organized into three main sections, this volume deals with a wide range of issues covering the following important research areas: -Section one covers theoretical and methodological approaches to the study of established and formal regionalism, emerging and informal regionalism, inter-regionalism, and levels of regionalism. -Section two provides detailed case-studies of established and formal regionalisms: EU, NAFTA, ASEAN, SAARC, OAS, MERCOSUR, AU, ECOWAS, and SADC. -Section three offers case-studies that investigate emerging and informal regionalisms in Oceania, the Arab League, BRICSAM, and the Commonwealth(s) as well as thought-provoking chapters on micro-regional processes evident in spatial development initiatives, transnational gangs, transfrontier conservation areas, and the migration-conflict nexus in natural resource sectors. With the study of regionalism becoming an increasingly important part of politics, international relations, development, and global studies courses, this comprehensive volume is a valuable addition for classroom use.

Author : Finn Laursen
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1409401812

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Comparative Regional Integration by Finn Laursen Pdf

This volume features up-to-date studies of regional integration efforts, particularly those made in North America, South America, and East Asia. Comparisons are drawn between these efforts and those made in the EU, where integration has progressed much further. The book asks: what explains the variation in achievements? What kind of agreements are needed to produce regional integration? Is 'pooling and delegation' of sovereignty necessary? How important is regional leadership?