for explaining differences in their subsequent economic development. Barbados and Jamaica provide a striking counter … 1960 to 2002, Barbados' GDP per capita grew roughly three times as fast as Jamaica's. Consequently, the income gap between … Barbados and Jamaica is now almost five times larger than at the time of independence. Since their property rights and legal …

living, particularly for its enslaved population. Our results also show that due to its extreme poverty surrounding extreme … wealth Jamaica was the most unequal place in the pre-modern world. Furthermore, all of these characteristics applied to the …

to stunted Jamaican toddlers living in poverty. The intervention consisted of one-hour weekly visits from community …

oil price shocks. We study two Caribbean economies highly vulnerable to oil price shocks, an oil-importer (Jamaica) and an …

This paper evaluates the health impact of a signature initiative of the War on Poverty: the roll out of the modern Food …