Development, Political, and Economic Difficulties in the Caribbean

ISBN-13: 9783030029937 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 349 str.

Ann Marie Bissessar

Spis treści

1. Chapter One: Introduction/ Development, Political and Economic Difficulties in the Caribbean

Ann Marie Bissessar

2. Chapter Two: The Diversified Economy: Possibilities from Modern Portfolio Management

Chandra Shekhar Bhatnagar, Vaalmikki Arjoon, Prakash Ramlakhan

3. Chapter Three: What Drives Economic Diversification in CARICOM Economies?

 Vaalmikki Arjoon, Chandra Shekhar Bhatnagar, Prakash Ramlakhan

4. Chapter Four: Human Capital as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification in Trinidad and Tobago

Daren A. Conrad and Asif Cassim

5. Chapter Five: Corruption as an Impediment to Diversification: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago

Daren A. Conrad and Akeeta N. Ali

6. Chapter Six: Asset-based Community Development as a Vehicle for Economic Diversification: Place-based Strategies for Building Stronger Economies in the Caribbean

Cheryl-Ann S. Boodram 

7. Chapter Seven: The Economic and Political Costs of Diversification as a Way Out of a Recession. The Case of Trinidad and Tobago

 Jeetendra Khadan and Inder J. Ruprah

8. Chapter Eight: Niche Focused Tourism Development in Small Island Developing States: The Case of Trinidad

 Acolla Lewis-Cameron, and Narendra Ramgulam

9. Chapter Nine: Sustainable Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Trinidad and Tobago

 Wendy-Ann P. Isaac, Nkosi Felix, Wayne G. Ganpat, Duraisamy Saravanakumar and Jessica Churaman

10. Chapter Ten: Whose Governance? IMF Austerities and Diversification in A Small Island State: The Case of Jamaica

 Ann Marie Bissessar

11. Chapter Eleven: Cuba: A Caribbean SIDS Reinventing Itself

 Jacqueline Laguardia Martinez

12. Chapter Twelve: Diversification, Macroeconomic Growth and Development: The Case of Martinique

 Bruno Marques and Charley Granvorka

13. Chapter Thirteen: Resilient or Recalcitrant? Revisiting the Diversification Discourse in the Wake of a Global Recession

Genève Phillip-Durham

14. Chapter Fourteen: The Diversification of Committee Systems in Parliaments of Small States: A Study of Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica

Maukesh Basdeo

15. Chapter Fifteen: Agricultural Diversification – A Strategy Out of the Economic Difficulties of the Sugarcane Industry

 Puran Bridgemohan and Wendy-Ann P. Isaac

16. Chapter Sixteen: Why Diversification Fails

Ann Marie Bissessar

O autorze

Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

Blurb

This edited volume focuses on the attempts of various Caribbean countries to diversify their economies and societies. It is done in the context of political and economic difficulties that these countries have faced since the 2007-2008 economic crash and how successful they have been in moving their economies in a different direction. The contributors use very distinct levels of analysis in order to provide a nuanced view of diversification efforts in Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Cuba, the French Antilles, and the Dutch Antilles. The book will appeal to academic researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and everyone who is interested in the politics and development of the Caribbean region.

Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.