Caribbean Issues

Author : Owen Morgan
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Medical Policy
ISBN : 9789766372132

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Health Issues in the Caribbean by Owen Morgan Pdf

"Improvements in public health have transformed the conditions of life in the English-speaking Caribbean to the extent that infectious diseases, maternal and infant mortality, and childhood diseases have all decreased significantly. This volume draws on the experience of not only health practitioners but also key individuals from several disciplines, such as educators, political leaders and bankers, in an attempt to find solutions to many of the complex health issues facing the region. Health issues in the Caribbean analyses and offers direction for public health practice in the twenty-first century. It examines a wide range of health problems facing the region and provides new ideas on health-care delivery and possible directions for the future."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-wagner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-02-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780429981456

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Caribbean Public Policy by Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-wagner Pdf

This book focuses on public policy issues in Caribbean, evaluating current policy and suggests realistic improvements and alternatives. It also focuses on following themes: economic policy, the regional business environment, regionalism and integration, health care, labor and migration and gender.

Author : Ivelaw L. Griffith
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2015-06-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317454960

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The Quest for Security in the Caribbean by Ivelaw L. Griffith Pdf

This comprehensive work on security in the English-speaking Caribbean, offers a wealth of information about the history, politics, economics and geography of the entire region. The author examines security problems in the region as a geopolitical unit, not on a selective case-study basis, as is usually done. He assesses Caribbean security within a theoretical framework where four factors are critical: perceptions of the political elites; capabilities of the states; the geopolitics of the area; and the ideological orientations of the parties in power. Political and economic issues are judged to be as relevant to security as military factors. The author identifies safeguards which countries in the region may take in the coming decade.

Author : International Monetary Fund
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2006-09-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122970168

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The Caribbean by International Monetary Fund Pdf

This book sets out the economic challenges facing the island nations of the Caribbean and presents policy options to ameliorate external shocks and embark firmly on a sustained growth path. While the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union that are the focus of the book have enjoyed a sustained period of price and exchange rate stability, they have been buffeted in recent years by adverse shocks, including the erosion of trade preferences, declines in official foreign assistance, and frequent natural disasters. Strengthening their growth performance will require design of a multifaceted strategy that integrates the Caribbean with the global economy, facilitates an economic transformation from agriculture to tourism, fosters greater regional cooperation, and preserves macroeconomic stability. This volume examines the critical issues that are part of that process, including fiscal and financial sector policy, management of external flows, trade integration and tourism, macroeconomic cycles and volatility, and the economic implications of natural disasters.

Author : Robert L. Ayres
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0821341634

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Crime and Violence as Development Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean by Robert L. Ayres Pdf

Crime and violence have emerged in recent years as major obstacles to development objectives in Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. The paper explicates an agenda for future work that may assist LAC countries by discussing 'policy domains' where action is required. Such domains include reducing urban poverty, targeting efforts on 'at-risk' groups, building or rebuilding social capital, strengthening municipal capacity for combating crime and violence, and reforming the criminal justice system.

Author : Raymond Mark Kirton,Marlon Anatol
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 185 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781793655790

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Contemporary Issues in Caribbean and Latin American Relations by Raymond Mark Kirton,Marlon Anatol Pdf

As the Caribbean and Latin America confront the significant socio- economic and political challenges of the twenty- first century, the contributors to this book present a timely and relevant assessment of these issues, from a fresh small-states perspective. The collection of articles by academics and practitioners in international relations offer practical recommendations for greater collaboration among the states in areas related to migration, cooperation among states in the Guiana Shield, greater interaction between Cuba and the wider Caribbean, the impact of transnational crime, and human safety and security, among others. This book is geared to attract a wide audience, ranging from scholars, practitioners and students of the social security sciences especially in political science, international relations and sociology, and will also be valuable to the wider audience with interest in the contemporary issues confronting Caribbean and Latin American states.

Author : Hopeton S. Dunn,Dumisani Moyo,William O. Lesitaokana,Shanade Bianca Barnabas
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030541699

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Re-imagining Communication in Africa and the Caribbean by Hopeton S. Dunn,Dumisani Moyo,William O. Lesitaokana,Shanade Bianca Barnabas Pdf

This book advances alternative approaches to understanding media, culture and technology in two vibrant regions of the Global South. Bringing together scholars from Africa and the Caribbean, it traverses the domains of communication theory, digital technology strategy, media practice reforms, and corporate and cultural renewal. The first section tackles research and technology with new conceptual thinking from the South. The book then looks at emerging approaches to community digital networks, online diaspora entertainment, and video gaming strategies. The volume then explores reforms in policy and professional practice, including in broadcast television, online newspapers, media philanthropy, and business news reporting. Its final section examines the role of village-based folk media, the power of popular music in political opposition, and new approaches to overcoming neo-colonial propaganda and external corporate hegemony. This book therefore engages critically with the central issues of how we communicate, produce, entertain, and build communities in 21st-century Africa and the Caribbean.

Author : Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrés Serbín,Rafael Hernández Rodríguez
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0842026525

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Cuba and the Caribbean by Joseph S. Tulchin,Andrés Serbín,Rafael Hernández Rodríguez Pdf

Focuses on trends in the international and regional affairs of the Caribbean nations in the 1990s, with special attention given to the reintegration of Cuba into the hemispheric community. This volume contains 13 essays that were presented at a multinational workshop involving scholars from Cuba, Venezuela, the United States, and other countries.

Author : Priti Singh,M. Raymond Izarali
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Caribbean Area
ISBN : 8175416599

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The Contemporary Caribbean by Priti Singh,M. Raymond Izarali Pdf

Author : Aldemaro Romero,Sarah E. West
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402037740

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Environmental Issues in Latin America and the Caribbean by Aldemaro Romero,Sarah E. West Pdf

This book is a collection of readings that explore environmental issues in Latin America and the Caribbean using natural science and social science methods. These papers demonstrate the value of interdisciplinary approaches to analyze and solve environmental problems. The essays are organized into five parts: conservation challenges; national policies, local communities, and rural development; market mechanisms for protecting public goods; public participation and environmental justice; and the effects of development policies on the environment.

Author : Angel Calderón Cruz
Publisher : Instituto de Estudios del Caribe
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038855057

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Contemporary Caribbean issues by Angel Calderón Cruz Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Caribbean studies
ISBN : UTEXAS:059172104043916

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Caribbean Issues by Anonim Pdf

Author : Vinaya Swaroop,Banco Mundial
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Public Sector in the Caribbean by Vinaya Swaroop,Banco Mundial Pdf

May 1996 The public sector's performance in the Caribbean varies, in reducing poverty and in creating an enabling environment for growth. Barbados and the Bahamas have been the high performers, Guyana and the Dominican Republic have been sluggish, and the other Caribbean countries fall in between. In the Caribbean region, the public sector is now the predominant provider of tertiary education and health services (university education and hospital-based curative care), which mainly benefit the nonpoor. Attempts must be made to recover costs from high-income users and use that revenue to improve the quality and quantity (as appropriate) of basic services. Lessons from experience suggest that most Caribbean countries need to encourage the private sector to participate more in providing infrastructure and need to provide a better regulatory framework. The good news: this is already taking place in many countries.

Author : Cynthia Barrow-Giles,Don D. Marshall
Publisher : Ian Randle Publishers
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789766371487

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Living at the Borderlines by Cynthia Barrow-Giles,Don D. Marshall Pdf

"The idea that the Caribbean could be devolving downward in wealth, function and sovereignty has become a recurrent theme in both academic and popular literature. By focusing on some of the current issues facing Caribbean nation states, the editors and contributors to this volume hope to inform and contribute to the ongoing debate on the broad themes of Sovereignty and Development and the prospects for survival of Caribbean nation states in a globalised world. While some of the papers seek to describe and analyse the range and complexity of the challenge to national sovereignty and public policy autonomy, others focus on issues relating to small country size, gender and ethnic tensions, security, constitutional reform and regional integration. The result is a balanced perspective; the contributors do not gloss over the problem faced by the region. At the same time they do not present a hyper-pessimistic picture of Caribbean development prospects. What gives the collection a particular dynamism is the way in which the authors have challenged the terrain of political possibilities traditionally defined for small peripheral socities. "

Author : Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781552503423

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Digital Poverty by Hernan Galperin,Judith Mariscal Pdf

Examines the problem of inedequate access to information and communication technology (ICT) and the need to develop appropriate pro-poor ICT policies. Shows how market reforms have failed to ensure that the benefits of the Information Society have spread across the region.