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Jamaica Election Results: Opposition Jamaica Labour Party Wins Vote

Jamaica’s Opposition Jamaica Labour Party claimed victory in the country’s general elections on Thursday, according to preliminary results. In what was a very close race, the JLP took 33 of the 63 seats contested, ending five years of rule by […]

Foundations for Prosperity in Jamaica

A new approach By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor The World Bank recently released a paper called “Jamaica Economic Update Fall 2015”, in which it gave an update on the Jamaican economy and spoke to the necessity to achieve higher levels […]

Op-Ed: Debt Relief for Climate Action

By Kamalesh Sharma Op-Ed Contributor Global warming is emerging as one of the greatest injustices of our time. Small island states in the Pacific, for example, have done little to cause climate change, yet may soon disappear into a rising […]

How to Move to Turks and Caicos

We continue our How to Move series with a look at the luxurious Turks and Caicos islands, most famous for the tony island of Providenciales and exclusive private islands like Parrot Cay. So what’s it like to move there? And […]

Addis Ababa and the Caribbean

Global financing and the Caribbean By George Nicholson and Rachael Robinson Op-Ed Contributors The issue of global financing for development is a critical theme in the international development agenda with the most recent United Nations (UN) meeting being the Third […]

Making Caribbean Business Better

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor “With the widening of the Panama Canal and construction of a second canal in Nicaragua, a significant increase in trade and investment can be expected in the Caribbean Basin. So, improving competitiveness of local firms […]

Trade and Caribbean Development

By Alberto Duran and Kariyma Baltimore Op-Ed Contributors Discussions surrounding the link between trade and development have been numerous. Economists; Development Practitioners; Academia; and Policy Makers have all made significant contributions to the trade and development discourse. The positive impact […]

Natural Resources and Economic Policy in the Greater Caribbean

By Alberto Duran and Noemi Areli Sanchez Op-Ed Contributors As part of the regulatory function, the State, through its economic policy, directly influences the economic growth of a country. The discussion on the effects of that policy focuses generally on […]

Op-Ed: Integrating the Caribbean and Central America

By Alberto Duran and Noemi Areli Sanchez Op-Ed Contributors The Central American Integration System (SICA) was formed in 1991 and is a regional organization which includes the States of Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and […]

Healthcare in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor The World Health Organization (WHO) published a ranking of global healthcare systems in their World Health Report 2000. According to an article in the June 29, 2012 edition of the Business Insider entitled “These are […]

Op-Ed: What’s Putin Putting in Cuba?

By Jaime Suchlicki Op-Ed Contributor THE RECENT visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin to Cuba rekindled memories of the Cold War. In those days, the Soviets used Cuba to challenge and spy on the United States. An electronic eavesdropping facility […]

Op-Ed: Sustainable Development and Agriculture in the Caribbean

By Kariyma Baltimore Op-Ed Contributor THE ISSUES of food production, agricultural development policies and food security have generally ranked high on the Region’s “Priorities List.” Agriculture is viewed as an important sector in most Greater Caribbean countries, especially in light of […]

OECS Launches Economic Affairs Council

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States has officially established its new Economic Affairs Council. The council, which was launched in a ceremony in St Lucia last Thursday, aims to “assist in ensuring […]

Remittances to Caribbean Increased By 3 Percent in 2013: Report

Above: Kingston (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Remittances to the Caribbean region increased by 3 percent in 2013, according to a new report from the Inter-American Development Bank’s Multilateral Investment Fund. Remittances to the region totaled $8.519 billion, […]

8 Green Ideas for the Caribbean

The Caribbean is getting greener — but there’s still a long way to go. So we thought we’d help mark Earth Day by asking a group of Caribbean experts and newsmakers about their ideas for how to make the Caribbean […]

Doing Business in the Caribbean: CARIFORUM Needs Reform

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor THE RECENT report, Doing Business 2014: Understanding Regulations for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises, is one of a long-standing series of co-publications of the World Bank and International Financial Corporation, which records the global competitiveness of […]

Political Independence and Economic Development in the Caribbean

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor In 2003, Alvin G. Wint – former head of the Department of Management Studies at the University of West Indies, Mona Campus – noted in his book, “Competitiveness in Small Developing Economies: Insights from the […]

Investing in Haiti

By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor THERE IS nothing more important to Haiti at this moment than new investments and modernization of the business sector. However, talking about investing in Haiti is not the same thing as having direct investment in […]

A New Way For Trinidad and Jamaica to Work Together

By Paul Hay CJ Contributor William Demas, former Head of the Economic and Planning Division of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, compared the five-year national plans of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago (T&T) in his book The Economics of […]

Interview With New Anguilla Governor Christina Scott

Above: Governor Christine Scott By Alexander Britell Christina Scott began her appointment as Anguilla’s 12th Governor over the summer, succeeding Alistair Harrison as the United Kingdom’s top official on the island. She came to the British Overseas Territory following a […]

OAS Urges Caribbean Nations to Explore Green Energy

Above: a solar panel By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean needs to improve collaboration to promote the use of green technology in the region, according to Organization of American States Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin. The OAS ASG, who […]

“A New Haiti Emerges”

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe at the UN on Thursday (UN Photo/Sarah Fretwell) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti has seen its share of significant setbacks since the 2010 earthquake, but a new country is starting to emerge, Haiti Prime […]

How Government Aviation Taxes Negatively Impact Caribbean Tourism

The following is the text of a speech given by St Kitts and Nevis Tourism & International Transport Minister Richard Skerritt to the ICAO Plenary Session in Montreal on Wednesday. Mr President, Mr Secretary General, fellow delegates, distinguished ladies and […]

The Caribbean’s Incarceration Problem

By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor Every now and again, a report or statistic comes along that presents something genuinely surprising. A few weeks ago, that statistic came by way of a graphic shared through social media. The graphic showed the […]

OAS’ Ramdin Urges Action on Food Security in the Caribbean

Above: OAS Assistant Secretary General Albert Ramdin (OAS Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Organization of American States Secretary General Albert Ramdin is urging reforms in agriculture in the Caribbean, citing the issue of food security in the region. Ramdin […]

Op-Ed: A New Approach For CARICOM?

By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor The British created the West Indies Federation in 1958 in part because they wanted the Caribbean to operate in one expansive, practical businesslike way. Ultimately, though, the idea was abandoned, with the promise of regional […]

Exporting Jamaican Television

By Marcia Forbes, PhD CJ Contributor Creating TV Content for Export Some years ago as the General Manager of Television Jamaica (TVJ) a senior technocrat told me that news did not count as a local TV programme. I was aghast. […]

St Lucia Plans Green Energy Push

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff St Lucia is planning a series of “major initiatives” in the area of sustainable energy this year, according to Governor General Dame Pearlette Louisy. The Governor General, who was speaking this week […]

From Antigua to Saint Lucia to St Kitts, This Caribbean Airline Is Growing