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Productive development policies in Trinidad and Tobago : a critical review
Moya, Ramiro A.; Mohammed, Anne-Marie; Sookram, Sandra - 2010
Even as Trinidad and Tobago seeks productive diversification away from the energy sector, the process underlying the country s productive development policies (PDP) is in a state of transition from state-directed industrial policy to a newer approach with extensive private-public participation....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010247922
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Delivering parenting interventions through health services in the Caribbean impact, acceptability and costs
Walker, Susan P.; Powell, Christine; Chang, Susan M.; … - 2015
conducted in the Caribbean (Jamaica, Antigua and St Lucia) in 29 health centers. Centers, stratified by the 3 countries, were …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011527464
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Productivity and the performance of agriculture in Latin America and the Caribbean : from the lost decade to the commodity boom
Nin, Alejandro; Falconi, César A.; Ludena, Carlos E.; … - 2015
This study analyzes the performance of Latin America and the Caribbean's agriculture between 1980 and 2012 looking at …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473446
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Understanding economic growth in the Caribbean region : a conceptual and methodological study
Fuentes S. M., J. Rodrigo; Melgarejo, Karl; … - 2015
A renewed interest in explaining growth in the Caribbean countries is motivated by the somewhat slow but uneven … performance in the past decade: per capita GDP gaps in Caribbean countries have widened in relation to the United States, whereas …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011292983
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Fiscal rules : towards a new paradigm for fiscal sustainability in small states
Wright, Allan; Grenade, Kari; Scott-Joseph, Ankie - 2017
This study contends that Caribbean countries cannot adequately surmount their fiscal and debt challenges in the absence … budget transparency and credibility. Distilling global lessons and taking due cognizance of Caribbean countries … of fiscal rules that might be relevant for Caribbean countries that currently do not have legislated rules. Results from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011662133
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Productivity and efficiency in grassland-based livestock production in Latin America : the cases of Uruguay and Paraguay
Nin, Alejandro; Freiría, Heber; Muñoz, Gonzalo - 2019
This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012107009
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Race-based educational, occupational and industry segregation and wages gaps in Trinidad and Tobago
Schimanski, Caroline; Chagalj, Cristian; Ruprah, Inder S. - 2018
In the light of Trinidad and Tobago’s colonial history, its labour market is characterized by two about equal sized majority racial groups that had during colonialism been highly segregated in terms of education, occupation, industry and sector of work and facing a large institutionalized pay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926189
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Gender-based educational and occupational segregation in the Caribbean
Schimanski, Caroline; Chagalj, Cristian; Ruprah, Inder S. - 2018
Caribbean countries (The Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago). The focus is on the role of educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011883851
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Productividad y eficiencia en la producción ganadera pastoril en América Latina : los casos de Uruguay y Paraguay
Nin, Alejandro; Freiría, Heber; Muñoz, Gonzalo - 2019
This study looks at the performance of livestock production in Uruguay and Paraguay, analyzing two situations with different implications for development: the displacement of livestock by soybean production as occurred in Uruguay and in the Eastern region of Paraguay, and the expansion of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154410
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Climate change, hurricanes, and sovereign debt in the Caribbean basin
Cavallo, Eduardo A.; Flórez Gómez, Santiago; Noy, Ilan; … - 2024
Caribbean Islands are exposed to hurricanes, the damages of which are projected to intensify due to anthropogenic … debt. We investigate what the typical impact of Caribbean hurricanes on public debt in the region has been and how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014537371