Revitalizing the Jamaican Economy
Author: Inter-American Development Bank
Publisher: IDB
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 309
ISBN-13: 193100384X
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Economic Transformation of Jamaica
Author: Ricardo Anderson
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Published: 2016-09-12
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 1490775765
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a compilation of important contributions from noted scholars, articles derived from JAMPROs Jamaica Investment Forum 2015 written by members of the UWI Mona, WJC faculty as well as significant presentations from the policy makers who form the government of Jamaica. Importantly, this work focuses on examining the centrality of policies coupled with innovation in the transformation of Jamaica as the place to live, raise families and do business as espoused by the Vision 2030 national development plan. This joint work highlights the fundamental role that JAMPRO as the key agency for promoting Foreign Direct Investment in Jamaica plays in the thrust for economic growth and development. Importantly, we highlight some key contributors to the progress we have made in Jamaica through cases of home-grown multinationals such as the Grace Kennedy and Company Limited, LASCO, Kingston Wharves Limited, Sandals (ATL Group), while further noting areas that, with continued thrust and the right policies can fast-track our transformation. The key areas identified are Logistics, Agriculture, ICT/BPO (outsourcing) and Manufacturing. This book provides a valuable contribution to the literature on economic transformation, examining the history, current and new paradigms for the future in order to fast-track the economic transformation of Jamaica.
Industrial Policy and Economic Transformation in Africa
Author: Akbar Noman
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2015-09-15
Total Pages: 469
ISBN-13: 0231540779
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe revival of economic growth in Sub-Saharan Africa is all the more welcome for having followed one of the worst economic disasters—a quarter century of economic malaise for most of the region—since the industrial revolution. Six of the world's fastest-growing economies in the first decade of this century were African. Yet only in Ethiopia and Rwanda was growth not based on resources and the rising price of oil. Deindustrialization has yet to be reversed, and progress toward creating a modern economy remains limited. This book explores the vital role that active government policies can play in transforming African economies. Such policies pertain not just to industry. They traverse all economic sectors, including finance, information technology, and agriculture. These packages of learning, industrial, and technology (LIT) policies aim to bring vigorous and lasting growth to the region. This collection features case studies of LIT policies in action in many parts of the world, examining their risks and rewards and what they mean for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Democratic Socialism in Jamaica
Author: Evelyne Huber Stephens
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2017-03-14
Total Pages: 444
ISBN-13: 1400886074
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe work includes a detailed historical account of the Manley years, focusing on shifting relations between contending social forces and on the interaction between economics and politics. Originally published in 1986. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
How Trade Liberalization Affects a Sugar Dependent Community in Jamaica
Author: Donovan Stanberry
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2021-12-12
Total Pages: 294
ISBN-13: 3030893596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLocated within the plantation economy model of the “New World Group” of The University of the West Indies, this book explores how the changes in the European Union’s sugar regime impacted a sugar-dependent community in Jamaica. It details how the end of centuries of preferential treatment of Jamaican sugar in the British/European market in 2005 worsened the social and environmental realities of the Monymusk community in Clarendon, Jamaica, which depended on the sugar industry. In describing the response of the Jamaican Government to the changes in the EU Sugar Regime, and the subsequent roll-out of an EU funded adaptation strategy, the author provides some unique perspectives on this process, drawing on his experience as a senior civil servant involved in the process. The book also highlights the continued social and environmental impact on the area since 2015 . The book concludes with a discussion on the empirical findings and how those findings contribute to the debates on the dependency perpetuated by the Plantation Economy Model of development and the failure of neo-liberal influenced government policies, as well as the lack of imagination of post-independent governments to break this dependency and deliver on the promise of independence.
Jamaica's Export Economy
Author: Donald J. Harris
Publisher:
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 156
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKTaming the Big Green Elephant
Author: Ariel Macaspac Hernández
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 419
ISBN-13: 365831821X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this open access publication it is shown, that sustainable low carbon development is a transformative process that constitutes the shifting from the initially chosen or taken pathway to another pathway as goals have been re-visited and revised to enable the system to adapt to changes. However, shifting entails transition costs that are accrued through the effects of lock-ins that have framed decisions and collective actions. The uncertainty about these costs can be overwhelming or even disruptive. This book aims to provide a comprehensive and integrated analytical framework that promotes the understanding of transformation towards sustainability. The analysis of this book is built upon negotiative perspectives to help define, design, and facilitate collective actions in order to execute the principles of sustainability. Dr Dr Ariel Macaspac Hernandez is currently a researcher at the German Development Institute belonging to the research cluster knowledge cooperation and environmental governance. He was/is also a lecturer on negotiations, conflict and resource management, sustainability politics, environmental governance, climate change policies, development aid and sustainable energy systems in various universities in Germany, Philippines, Jamaica, Estonia, Spain and Mexico.
Poverty and Life Expectancy
Author: James C. Riley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2005-07-18
Total Pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9780521850476
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA multidisciplinary study that reconstructs Jamaica's rise from low to high life expectancy and explains how that was achieved. Jamaica is one of the small number of countries that has attained a life expectancy nearly matching that in richer countries, despite having a much lower level of per capita income.
Charting Jamaica's Economic and Social Development
Author: Dennis Chung
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2009-03-01
Total Pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781441461407
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharting Jamaica's Economic and Social development is an examination of Jamaica's economic history and an analysis of what the fundamental issues are with Jamaica's lack of economic and social development. It makes prescriptions for turning this around to ensure economic growth and social development.
Free Jamaica 1838-1865
Author: Douglas Hall
Publisher:
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Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13:
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