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Journal articles on the topic "Caricom"
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Ambrose, Kristal K. "CARICOM as the Coordination Mechanism for Caribbean Small Island Developing States Participating in the Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations." Ocean Yearbook Online 38, no. 1 (June 18, 2024): 1–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116001-03801002.
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Abstract The specific processes involved in the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) role as a coordination mechanism for its Member States, composed of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS), participating in multilateral environmental agreement (MEA) negotiations are sparsely documented within academic literature. CARICOM Member States have increasingly suffered from the transboundary movement and deposition of plastic litter on their coastlines. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) convened in November 2022 to develop an international legally binding instrument to manage plastic pollution, including in the marine environment. Known as the global plastics treaty, Caribbean SIDS face inequities in their ability to adequately prepare and participate in this negotiation forum. CARICOM’s history of addressing environmental issues, notably through its participation in MEAs, has positioned CARICOM as a significant negotiating bloc in MEA meetings. This study classifies CARICOM’s systematic coordination processes for preparing its Member States for MEA negotiations and assesses opportunities, challenges and limitations for CARICOM to serve as the coordination mechanism for preparing its Member States for the ongoing global plastics treaty negotiations.
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Moustaira, Elina. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM) — Culture." RED — Revista Electrónica de Direito 30, no. 1 (2023): 88–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.24840/2182-9845_2023-0001_0005.
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The role of culture in Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM’s) agenda is claimed to be very important. The CARICOM Secretariat has a culture program, aiming to strengthen the creativity of people. CARICOM annually manages the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA). A huge issue is that of the cultural restitutions. Most CARICOM Member States have become States Parties to International Conventions related to cultural heritage. Sadly, all international Conventions concerning protection of cultural heritage do not have retroactive effect. There is also a CARICOM commission on reparations for slavery and native genocide against the governments of Britain, France and the Netherlands, the transatlantic slave trade, between the 16th to 19th centuries, being much associated with the Caribbean heritage. Languages are important for the cultural identity of people. It may be stated on CARICOM’s site that “Our languages are part of the legacy of the various civilisations from which our ancestors came”, but it is also stated that “[f]or many member states, the English Language is a major unifying factor”. Indigenous languages should be of more concern to CARICOM. The creation of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) in 2005, is considered very important toward the Caribbean integration and thus, also to the protection of the region’s culture and cultural heritage – important part of their identity. However, only 4 Member States so far have accepted the CCJ as their Highest Court of Appeal. CARICOM should be more active in regard to the protection of culture and cultural heritage of its Member States.
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Baksh, Sarah, Mikayla Darbasie, Carissa Rodulfo, and Shannon Potter. "The Dragon in the Caribbean: the future of CARICOM-China trade relations." Global Discourse 11, no. 4 (November 1, 2021): 585–605. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204378921x16316877872260.
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Over the years, the trade performance of CARICOM states has decreased as a result of poor direct investment inflows, increasing global competition and the dependence of CARICOM states on their long-standing relationships with Europe and the US. The East Asian market is one of the fastest-growing regions in the world and has been highlighted as a potential region for CARICOM states to diversify their export markets. China is the largest entity within this market and is one of the world’s largest trading nations. China’s economic prowess has growing influence, and coupled with the erosion of CARICOM’s traditional trading relationships, it is essential to explore the possibility of engaging in deeper economic relations with China. Ultimately, this article proposes the creation of a comprehensive economic and trade agreement between CARICOM and China, based on a model agreement developed between Canada and the European Union. Therefore, this article will: outline the current economic relationship between CARICOM and China, and assess its impact; identify the parties’ interests; explain the concept of a comprehensive economic and trade agreement; explore the possible effects of entering into such a comprehensive economic and trade agreement with China; and, lastly, offer considerations on provisions that can be included to ensure the viability of the agreement.
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Berumen, Eduardo, and José Sánchez. "Caricom." internaciones, no. 19 (June 30, 2020): 61–104. http://dx.doi.org/10.32870/in.v0i19.7131.
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is an integration with unmistakable characteristics where ambiental catastrophes, poor growth & development, problems with diversification of economic activities and social lacks, lead the countries to believe in integration to get better reality where they live. Decades later of the beginning of integration, the region cannot get closer to a complex integration, being just a simple commercial integration, where the primary sector prevails and keeps the region dependent of aid and commercial advantage to subsist, making it impossible for a healthy international coercion.
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St. George, Jill, and Tom Durbin. "Considering a Regional Approach to Combating Human Trafficking in the Caribbean: The ECOWAS Example." Slavery Today Journal 2, no. 1 (January 2015): 67–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.22150/stj/itzp7500.
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This paper seeks to explore the current practices employed in two regional organisations with regards combating human trafficking. Both West Africa, through ECOWAS, and the Caribbean, through CARICOM, have established regional agreements with neighbouring states to achieve regional cooperation where possible. However CARICOM policies are in their infancy with regards human trafficking, while ECOWAS has a vast network of agreements in place. This paper will consider the successes of the ECOWAS agreements and their possible assistance and relevance to the Caribbean to assist in CARICOM’s fight against human trafficking.
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Hotsawadi and Widyastutik. "Menavigasi Daya Saing dan Determinan Ekspor Unggulan Indonesia di Kawasan Carribean Community (Caricom)." Buletin Ilmiah Litbang Perdagangan 17, no. 2 (December 31, 2023): 203–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.55981/bilp.2023.224.
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CARICOM is an area that has trade potential to be explored by Indonesia. However, for Indonesia, this region has various challenges to explore considering that the countries that are members of it are non-traditional countries. For this reason, this study aims to analyze the competitiveness, competitor countries and determinants of exports of Indonesia's superior products to the CARICOM region. The analysis methods used are market share, RCA, EPD, X-Model and panel data regression. The results showed that ten commodities identified as Indonesia's leading products in the CARICOM region faced lost opportunity market positions on average and CARICOM countries were included in the category as potential market developments. The United States, European Union, Brazil, China, South Korea, Japan, Dominica Republic, Colombia and Trinidad and Tobago and Singapore were identified as Indonesia's competitors in CARICOM. In terms of export determinants, real GDP and investment positive and significant effect on the export of Indonesia's superior products to CARICOM. Meanwhile, inflation and the real exchange rate together have a significant and negative effect in contrast to the economic distance which has a negative but insignificant effect on the volume of Indonesia's exports to the CARICOM region.
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Zhu, Huan. "Trade relations between CARICOM and China: a recap and outlook." Global Discourse 11, no. 4 (November 1, 2021): 575–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1332/204378921x16320398095648.
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This article reviews trade relations between CARICOM countries and China, and explores the future opportunities and challenges to expanding trade. It first describes the trend of bilateral trade between CARICOM countries and China over the past two decades. It then focuses on future opportunities and identifies potential challenges for bilateral trade to expand through the development of the Belt and Road Initiative, the impact of the trade war between the US and China, and possible free trade agreements between CARICOM countries and China. CARICOM countries will need to navigate the issues carefully to ensure success.
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Goring, Namitasha Wallace. "Rethinking the CARICOM Dispute Settlement Mechanism." Global Journal of Comparative Law 2, no. 1 (2013): 27–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211906x-00201002.
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This article examines the progress of the CARICOM dispute settlement mechanism from its originally diplomatic procedures to its enhanced legalistic system. A standing judicial institution in CARICOM is a coming of age for this region, and its jurisprudence is now referred to as CARICOM law. These significant legal advances raise many normative questions about the adequacy of the dispute settlement institutions and whether the rules and processes are clearly defined to enable nascent CARICOM law to be the primary tool by which there can be effective regulation of CARICOM integration. In order to answer these questions, this article reviews some of the theories on dispute settlement and also draws on the experiences of similar regional bodies, and concludes that a combination of ideas and mechanisms of dispute resolution is more suited to the Caribbean situation than a uni-lineal or a transplanted regime.
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Martínez, Jacqueline Laguardia. "El Restablecimiento de Relaciones Diplomáticas entre Cuba y Estados Unidos: posibilidades para el Caribe de la CARICOM." Revista de Estudos e Pesquisas sobre as Américas 10, no. 2 (November 17, 2016): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.21057/repam.v10i2.21894.
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ResumenEl artículo examina las consecuencias que para los países del Caribe, en especial para los Estados Miembros de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM), tendría el proceso de normalización de relaciones entre Cuba y los Estados Unidos iniciado el 17 de diciembre de 2014 (17D). Sin agotar todos los posibles argumentos y posibilidades, el artículo analiza algunas de las transformaciones ya producidas y sus efectos, así como también se aventura en los impactos que pueden esperarse de este proceso –aún muy reciente y de avance mesurado– para las economías del resto de la región Caribe, en especial del Caribe de la CARICOM.La investigación se basó esencialmente en la revisión bibliográfica –en su mayoría de prensa cubana, estadounidense y caribeña– para la consulta de reportes noticiosos y artículos de opinión. Se consideraron ponencias presentadas por estudiosos del tema en eventos científicos así como las discusiones producidas en estos espacios y, en menor medida, se acudió a la consulta de material académico publicado pues, dada la naturaleza del fenómeno que se analiza –aún en pleno desarrollo- los libros y artículos que evalúan los impactos del 17D más allá de lo que sucede en Cuba y los Estados Unidos son relativamente escasos. Nuestro estudio se benefició además de datos estadísticos publicados en medios cubanos y estadounidenses y en información facilitada por las Embajadas de Cuba radicadas en las dos economías líderes de la CARICOM: Jamaica y Trinidad y Tobago, principales socios comerciales de Cuba dentro del espacio CARICOM.Palabras clave: Cuba, Estados Unidos, Caribe, CARICOMO Restabelecimento das Relações Diplomáticas entre Cuba e Estados Unidos: possibilidades para o Caribe da CARICOMResumoO artigo examina as consequencias para os países do Caribe, em especial para os Estados Membros da Comunidade do Caribe (CARICOM), do processo de normalização das relações entre Cuba e os EUA, iniciado em 17 de dezembro de 2014. Sem esgotar todos os possíveis argumentos e possibilidades, o artigo analisa algumas das transformações já produzidas e seus efeitos, assim como se aventura nos impactos que podem ser esperados desse processo – ainda muito recente e de avanços comedidos – para as economias do resto da região do Caribe, em especial da CARICOM.A pesquisa se baseou essencialmente em revisão bibliográfica – em sua maioria da imprensa cubana, estadunidense e caribenha – para a consulta de reportagens e artigos de opinião. Foram consideradas apresentações de estudiosos do tema em eventos científicos assim como as discussões produzidas em estes espaços e, em menor medida, foi feita consulta de material acadêmico publicado, pois, dada a natureza do fenômeno – ainda em pleno desenvolvimento – os livros e artigos que avaliam os impactos do 17D são relativamente escassos. Nosso estudo se beneficiou dos dados estatísticos publicados nos meios cubanos e estadunidenses e em informação facilitada pelas Embaixadas de Cuba radicadas nas economias líderes da CARICOM: Jamaica e Trinidad y Tobago, principais sócios comerciais de Cuba dentro do espaço CARICOM.Palabras chave: Cuba, Estados Unidos, Caribe, CARICOMThe Re-establishment of Diplomatic Relations Between Cuba and the United States: possibilities for the states Caribbean of CARICOMAbstractThe paper examines the implications the process of normalization of relations between Cuba and the United States, initiated on December 17, 2014 (17D), would have for the Caribbean countries, especially for the members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Without exhausting all possible arguments and possibilities, the paper discusses some of the changes and their effects, but also explores the expected impacts of this process on the economies of the rest of the Caribbean region, especially the Caribbean CARICOM.The research was based on literature review, taking into consideration mostly Cuban, American and Caribbean press for the consultation of news reports and articles. The paper considered papers presented by scholars in scientific events as well as discussions produced in these spaces and, to a lesser extent, consulted academic publications, because, given the nature of the phenomenon being analysed, books and papers assessing the impacts of 17D beyond what happens in Cuba and the United States are relatively rare. Our study also benefited from statistics published in Cuban and US media and information provided by the embassies of Cuba filed in the two leading economies of CARICOM: Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, Cuba's main trading partners within the space of CARICOM.Keywords: Cuba, United States, Caribbean, CARICOM
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O’Brien, Derek. "The Right of Free Movement within Caricom: A Step towards Caribbean Citizenship? Lessons from the European Union." Legal Issues of Economic Integration 42, Issue 3 (August 1, 2015): 233–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.54648/leie2015015.
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Freedom of movement has generally been regarded as one of the defining characteristics of a common market, of which the European Union is probably the best known example; expanding from a right of free movement for workers into a right of European ‘citizenship’. By contrast, the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM) originally made no provision for freedom of movement for its nationals and has only latterly introduced a limited right to free movement. It would be wrong, however, to infer that the right of free movement within CARICOM will evolve into a right of Caribbean ‘citizenship’ for two interconnected reasons. The first derives from the absence of any desire on the part of the Heads of Government of CARICOM to use freedom of movement as a stepping-stone towards a political union. The second is linked to the institutional and legal infrastructure underpinning CARICOM, which makes it difficult for a right of Caribbean citizenship to evolve without the support of the Heads of Government.
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Caricom"
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Andrews, Joyann A. "Regional options for Caricom." Thesis, Staffordshire University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365313.
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Caraballo, Luis. "Caricom: The Need for Caribbean Regional Integration." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1210.
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Millington, Faith W. E. "The impact of remittances on GDP in CARICOM." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/20084.
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This study investigates the relationship between remittances and economic growth in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) from 1975 to 2013, where remittances are measured as a share of GDP and economic growth is measured by GDP per capita growth. Using multivariate linear regression analysis and the Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) the researcher tested the hypothesis that remittances have a positive relationship on GDP per capita growth within CARICOM. Additionally, the ability of financial development to influence the relationship between remittances and GDP per capita growth was also tested. In this study financial development was measured using the proxy variables of quasi money, M2 and banking credit to the private sector. The relationship between remittances and economic growth has been shown to vary across countries and regions. In this study it was found that remittances as a share of GDP growth do not have an overall statistically significant influence on GDP per capita growth but do effect GDP per capita growth through their interactions with inflation and banking credit to the private sector.
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Bredas, Marie-Marthe. "Institutions, démocratie et croissance dans la Caraïbe anglophone : Idées préconçues et réalité." Thesis, Antilles, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017ANTI0151/document.
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La Caraïbe est un espace multidimensionnel, une mosaïque polyforme et paradoxale qui évoque la diversité, l'éparpillement.Longtemps méconnue, elle est l'objet de toutes les curiosités et est de plus en plus regardé comme un véritable laboratoire par ceux qui s'y intéressent.En effet, la Caraïbe est un ensemble de petites îles plus ou moins pauvres sur le plan économique avec une organisation politique et administrative plurielle. De nombreux statuts politiques sont hérités de la décolonisation. La Caraïbe regroupe 25 pays et 11 territoires non indépendants qui pour la plupart, comptent moins de 500 000 habitants. 24 sont des îles, parties d'îles ou ensembles de territoires insulaires.De nombreux programmes d'aide sont mis en place par les métropoles, les pays de la Caraïbe mènent une politique active d'intégration en constituant des institutions régionales, pourtant ces pays ne semblent pas décoller économiquement.Parallèlement, la région est remarquée pour ces faits de violence accrue, de criminalité, de narcotrafic, de catastrophes naturelles, de maladies vectorielles, autant d'éléments qui influencent l'une des activités économiques prospère, le tourisme.Idées préconçues et réalité, telle est la problématique à laquelle tente de répondre cette thèse en examinant la corrélation entre les organisations institutionnelles et le développement économique à l'heure de la mondialisation.Pour des raisons de cohérence, ma recherche est limitée à la dizaine de pays anglophones de la zone des CaraïbesThe Caribbean is a multidimensional space, a multi-faceted and paradoxical mosaic that evokes diversity, scattering.For a long time unknown, it is the object of all curiosities and is increasingly regarded as a real laboratory for those who are interested in.Indeed, the Caribbean is a set of small islands more or less poor economically with a plural political and administrative organization. Many political statuses are inherited from decolonization.The Caribbean comprises 25 countries and 11 non-independent territories, most of which have 500,000 inhabitants. 24 are islands, parts of islands or sets of island territories.Many programs of assistance are set up by the metropolis, the Caribbean countries carry out an active policy of integration by constituting regional institutions, yet these countries do not seem to take off economically.At the same time, the region is noticed for these acts of increased violence, crime, drugs trade, natural disasters, vector-borne diseases, all of which influence one of the prosperous economic activities, tourism.Preconceived ideas and reality, this is the problem that this thesis attempts to answer by examining the correlation between institutional organizations and economic development in the globalization era.For coherence reasons, my research is limited to the ten English-speaking countries of the Caribbean zone
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Hall, Jeffery. "Show Me the Money: Understanding FATCA- U.S. & CARICOM Relations." Thesis, University of Oregon, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/1794/24566.
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This study explores the provisions of the United States Internal Revenue Services’ Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) and its demands to increase disclosure and transparency pertaining to the financial data of foreign account holders who are American citizens and corporations. This study specifically analyzes the cultural and economic impact of FATCA on Caribbean nations.
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Warmington-Granston, Nicole A. "The Caribbean Court of Justice: An Investigation of the Impact of Elites on its Creation and Present Structure as it relates to Original Jurisdiction." FIU Digital Commons, 2014. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/1438.
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The primary focus of this dissertation is to determine the degree to which political, economic, and socio-cultural elites in Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago influenced the development of the Caribbean Court of Justice’s (CCJ) original jurisdiction. As members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), both states replaced their protectionist model with open regionalism at the end of the 1980s. Open regionalism was adopted to make CARICOM member states internationally competitive. Open regionalism was also expected to create a stable regional trade environment. To ensure a stable economic environment, a regional court with original jurisdiction was proposed. A six member Preparatory Committee on the Caribbean Court of Justice (PREPCOM), on which Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago sat, was formed to draft the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice that would govern how the Court would interpret the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas (RTC) and enforce judgments.
Through the use of qualitative research methods, namely elite interviews, document data, and text analysis, and a focus on three levels of analysis, that is, the international, regional, and domestic, three major conclusions are drawn. First, changes in the international economic environment caused Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago to support the establishment of a regional court. Second, Jamaica had far greater influence on the final structure of the CCJ than Trinidad & Tobago. Third, it was found that in both states the political elite had the greatest influence on the development and structure of the CCJ. The economic elite followed by the socio-cultural elite were found to have a lesser impact. These findings are significant because they account for the impact of elites and elite behavior on institutions in a much-neglected category of states: the developing world.
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Nicholls, Shelton Michael Anthony. "Economic integration in the Caribbean community (Caricom) : from federation to the single market." Thesis, Queen Mary, University of London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338496.
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Thomas, Trevor R. (Trevor Randolph). "A strategic perspective in establishing a virtual construction company in the CARICOM region." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1996. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/40569.
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Inniss, Abiola. "Examining Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Technology Within the Caricom Single Market and Economy." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4223.
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Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) firms operate under various laws and policies on intellectual property rights (IPRs), innovation and technology. International analyses and rankings rate the CSME countries' performance as poor in comparison with others at the same level of economic development. This results in negative impacts on the economic and social welfare of their communities. A paucity of data existed concerning the effects of policies on decisions by local firms to engage in innovation and technology activities. The purpose of this qualitative case study was to examine the effects of policies on IPRs, innovation, and technology on firms in select CSME countries. The questions addressed how IPRs policies affect the choices of innovation activities by firms, and what differences in IPRs policies in Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica, influence the decisions by firms to invest in innovation and technologies. Landes and Posner's utilitarian exposition that IPRs should be based on the maximization of social welfare provided the theoretical framework for the study. Various policy papers, firm studies, study reports, and legislation from government and international agencies were analyzed using 4 levels of inductive coding. Findings included a lack of clear IPRs policies, high levels of innovation where policies were weakest, and a general reluctance by firms in the countries to invest in innovation and technology. Further study of the sociological and cultural aspects of IPRs policies, and how they affect innovation in CSME is recommended. This study can help effect social change in the CSME by informing policies that maximize social welfare through innovation and technology.
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Almonord, Jean Sergo. "Haïti et la CARICOM : essais sur les limites et le potentiel de l'intégration économique." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lille (2022-....), 2024. https://pepite-depot.univ-lille.fr/ToutIDP/EDSESAM/2024/2024ULILA007.pdf.
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Après une ample introduction sur Haïti et la CARICOM, cette thèse regroupe trois essais d'économie internationale pour éclairer les problématiques et le potentiel du pays et de la région.Le premier essai est une discussion critique de la théorie classique de David Ricardo sur l'avantage comparatif, examinant le rôle des différences de revenu sur le commerce international. En s'affranchissant de l'hypothèse restrictive généralement adoptée de « préférences homothétiques » selon laquelle les ménages consacrent une fraction constante de leur revenu à l'achat de chaque bien ou service qu'ils consomment, le rôle de la demande (et donc la distribution des revenus) pour expliquer le flux des échanges est réaffirmé. Un modèle simple démontre qu'un pays pauvre peut être exclu des échanges malgré ses avantages comparatifs, même en l'absence de barrières commerciales telles que les droits de douane ou les coûts de transport.Les pays encore dominés par l'agriculture de subsistance tendent à avoir un faible taux d'ouverture, car l'essentiel de leur production est consommé localement et les biens de consommation produits à l'étranger leur restent inaccessibles. En revanche, les pays spécialisés dans les services touristiques ont tendance à avoir un taux d'ouverture élevé, car ils exportent l'ensemble de ces services qui servent à financer l'importation d'une grande partie de leur alimentation et des biens de consommation, qui ne sont pas produits sur place. En somme, indépendamment de leur taille, le niveau d'ouverture économique des pays à bas revenus dépend largement de leur spécialisation.Une autre implication cruciale du modèle est que seuls les pays les plus riches peuvent vraiment profiter des avantages du commerce international. Le commerce apparait comme un moteur de divergence plutôt que de convergence, car il tend, dans certains cas du moins, à accentuer les inégalités entre les nations. Certains pays profitent de la croissance mondiale alors que d'autres, bien qu'étant proches géographiquement, semblent s'en éloigner irrémédiablement.Le deuxième essai souligne les vulnérabilités découlant de la spécialisation touristique de nombreux pays des Caraïbes. Bien que cette spécialisation leur ait permis de bénéficier de la croissance des pays riches, elle les expose également à tous les chocs susceptibles d'affecter ce secteur. La pandémie de Covid-19 a tragiquement révélé cette fragilité, comme en témoigne la chute du PIB clairement reliée à l'importance du tourisme dans chacun de ces pays. Les économies caribéennes ont été directement impactées par les restrictions de voyage imposées par les pays d'origine des touristes, sans avoir leur mot à dire. Ainsi, en plus de la fragilité intrinsèquement liée à la spécialisation, ces pays se sont retrouvés en grande partie privés de leur souveraineté en matière de politique économique, ce qui est particulièrement problématique quand il y a divergence d'intérêt.Le troisième essai explore une avenue potentielle pour le développement d'Haïti. Malgré les intentions affichées de la CARICOM, les échanges commerciaux au sein de la communauté restent très limités et les bénéfices attendus des accords de Chaguaramas tardent à se concrétiser. Les pays des Caraïbes présentent peu de complémentarités et pourraient n'être que des destinations touristiques concurrentes sans liens entre elles, s'ils ne bénéficiaient pas de l'effet d'appartenance à la communauté Caraïbéenne qui les rend visibles au niveau international.Nous soutenons que l'artisanat haïtien pourrait enrichir l'industrie touristique de la région. Haïti possède un avantage comparatif évident dans ce domaine en raison de sa main-d'œuvre abondante par rapport aux autres pays de la région. Il pourrait donc tirer parti des retombées de l'industrie touristique prospère de ses voisins, alors que ces derniers ont tout intérêt à favoriser un tourisme plus culturel, à la fois plus rentable et plus durable que le tourisme de masseAfter an extensive introduction on Haiti and CARICOM, this thesis comprises three essays in international economics aimed at shedding light on the issues and potential of the country and the region.The first essay is a critical discussion of David Ricardo's classical theory of comparative advantage, examining the role of income disparities in international trade. By breaking free from the commonly adopted restrictive assumption of "homothetic preferences," which pos-its that households allocate a constant fraction of their income to the purchase of each good or service they consume, the significance of demand (and thus of income distribution) in explaining trade flows is reaffirmed. A simple model demonstrates that a low-income coun-try can be excluded from trade despite its comparative advantages, even in the absence of trade barriers such as tariffs or transportation costs.Countries still dominated by subsistence agriculture tend to have a low level of openness because most of their production is consumed locally, and foreign-produced consumer goods remain inaccessible to them. In contrast, countries specializing in tourism services tend to have a high level of openness because they export these services to finance the importation of much of their food and consumer goods, which are not locally produced. In summary, re-gardless of their size, the level of economic openness of low-income countries depends largely on their specialization.Another crucial implication of the model is that only the wealthiest countries can truly bene-fit from the advantages of international trade. Trade appears as a driver of divergence rather than convergence because, in some cases, it tends to exacerbate inequalities between nations. Some countries benefit from global growth while others, despite their geographical proximi-ty, seem to drift away irreversibly.The second essay underscores the vulnerabilities arising from the tourism specialization of many Caribbean countries. Although this specialization has allowed them to benefit from the growth of wealthy countries, it also exposes them to all shocks that may affect this sector. The Covid-19 pandemic tragically revealed this fragility, as evidenced by the clear decline in GDP directly related to the importance of tourism in each of these countries. Caribbean economies were directly affected by travel restrictions imposed by tourists' countries of origin, without having a say. Thus, in addition to the fragility inherently linked to specializa-tion, these countries found themselves largely deprived of their sovereignty in economic pol-icy matters, which is particularly problematic when there is a divergence of interest.The third essay explores a potential avenue for Haiti's development. Despite CARICOM's stated intentions, intra-community trade remains very limited, and the expected benefits of the Chaguaramas agreements have yet to materialize. Caribbean countries have few com-plementarities and could be nothing more than competing tourist destinations without con-nections if they did not benefit from the visibility provided by belonging to the Caribbean community at the international level. We argue that Haitian craftsmanship could enrich the region's tourism industry. Haiti has a clear comparative advantage in this field due to its abundant workforce compared to other countries in the region. It could thus benefit from the successful tourism industry of its neighbors, as these countries have every interest in promot-ing a more cultural, profitable, and sustainable form of tourism than mass tourism
Books on the topic "Caricom"
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Bennett, Karl. Monetary integration in Caricom. Mona, Kingston, Jamaica: Regional Programme of Monetary Studies, Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 1990.
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Payne, Anthony. The political history of CARICOM. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2008.
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1952-, Payne Anthony, ed. The political history of CARICOM. Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, 2008.
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Secretariat, Caribbean Community, ed. Caricom model legislation on inheritance. Georgetown, Guyana: Caricom Secretariat, 1997.
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Secretariat, Caribbean Community, ed. Caricom model legislation on citizenship. Georgetown, Guyana: Caricom Secretariat, 1997.
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Smith, Winston C. Investment opportunities in caricom agriculture. New York: Winston C. Smith., 2007.
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E, Pollard D., ed. The CARICOM system: Basic instruments. Kingston [Jamaica]: Caribbean Law Pub. Co., 2003.
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Secretariat, Caribbean Community, ed. CARICOM: Our Caribbean community : an introduction. Kingston, Jamaica: Ian Randle Publishers, 2005.
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Henry, Lester. "CARICOM." In Handbook of International Trade Agreements, 181–91. New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781351046954-16.
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McKlmon, Sharlene Jo-Ann Shillingford, and Shirley Gayle Sinclair. "CARICOM." In Law and Economics of Public Procurement Reforms, 31–60. Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2018.: Routledge, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781315100005-3.
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Vasciannie, Stephen, and Lisa Vasciannie. "CARICOM Relations." In Jamaica's Foreign Policy, 247–76. Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-58901-0_12.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Stateman’s Yearbook, 64. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74024-6_78.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook, 63–64. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-74027-7_78.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook, 63–64. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-67278-3_79.
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Heath-Brown, Nick. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Stateman’s Yearbook, 63–64. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-57823-8_79.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook 2010, 61–62. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-58632-5_78.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook, 62. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-58635-6_78.
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Turner, Barry. "Caribbean Community (CARICOM)." In The Statesman’s Yearbook, 61–62. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-59051-3_77.
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Jackson, Eric, and Orlando Mardner. "COMMUNITY SAFETY AND ITS INFLUENCE ON YOUTH INVOLVEMENT IN CRIME ACROSS THE CARICOM." In SECURITY HORIZONS. Faculty of Security- Skopje, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.20544/icp.2.4.21.p19.
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In the Caribbean countries, the number of youths engaged in criminal activities has been steadily increasing. The sale of illegal weapons, the international drug trade, money laundering, transnational organized crime, corruption, and cybercrime are all linked with high levels of crime and violence. The purpose of this study is to assess the extent of community protection in selected CARICOM countries, specifically Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and the Dominican Republic, as well as its effect on youth criminal activity. The study will employ a qualitative design and evidence from the 2012 United Nations Caribbean Human Development Report. Several surveys have shown that youth are the main victims and perpetrators of violence and crime in the Caribbean region. In 2012, young people aged 17 to 29 committed eighty percent of all prosecuted offences. Similarly, teenagers between the ages of 18 and 30 were the most common victims of violent crime. Evidence also shows a correlation between community safety and perceived vulnerability to youth violence and crime. Finally, despite its environment and distinguishing characteristics, community safety influences exposure to crime, social support, perceptions, and mental health, as well as the well-being of young people. Keywords: Community safety, Crime and violence, Delinquency
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Aiken, Paul R., and Diane M. West. "Demand & Supply for Science and Technology Teachers at the Secondary and Tertiary Level within Jamaica and wider CARICOM Region." In 2007 IEEE Meeting the Growing Demand for Engineers and their Educators 2010-2020 International Summit. IEEE, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/mgdete.2007.4760372.
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Coupal, Brian, and Paula Bentham. "If You Build It, Will They Come? Caribou Habitat Restoration for Pipeline Projects." In 2014 10th International Pipeline Conference. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2014. http://dx.doi.org/10.1115/ipc2014-33577.
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The federal Recovery Strategy for the Woodland Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou), Boreal Population in Canada, identifies coordinated actions to reclaim woodland caribou habitat as a key step to meeting current and future caribou population objectives. Actions include restoring industrial landscape features such as roads, seismic lines, pipelines, cut-lines, and cleared areas in an effort to reduce landscape fragmentation and the changes in caribou population dynamics associated with changing predator-prey dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes. Reliance on habitat restoration as a recovery action within the federal Recovery Strategy is high, identifying 65% undisturbed habitat in a caribou range as the threshold to providing a 60% chance that a local population will be self-sustaining. In alignment with the federal Recovery Strategy, Alberta’s Provincial Woodland Caribou Policy identifies habitat restoration as a critical component of long-term caribou habitat management. Habitat restoration initiatives of Alberta’s historical industrial footprint within caribou ranges began in 2001 and have largely focused on linear corridors, including pipelines. Initiatives include revegetation treatments, access control programs and studies, and restricting the growth of plant species that are favourable to moose and deer, the primary prey for wolves. Habitat restoration for pipelines also includes pre-construction planning to reduce disturbance and create line-of-sight breaks, and construction techniques that promote natural vegetation recovery. Lessons learned from habitat restoration programs implemented on pipeline projects in northeastern Alberta will be shared as an opportunity to improve common understanding of restoration techniques, the barriers to implementation, and potential outcomes.
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Morgado, Claudio Oliveira, Lucivaldo Dias Bastos, and Ricardo Martins Cinelli. "Comunidade Vila Autódromo: o custo social da remoção e uma ponderação sobre sua reconstituição." In XIX ENCONTRO NACIONAL DE TECNOLOGIA DO AMBIENTE CONSTRUÍDO. UFRGS, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.46421/entac.v19i1.1965.
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O presente trabalho analisa a remoção de moradores da comunidade Vila Autódromo, que se situava próxima à área de implantação do Parque Olímpico do Rio de Janeiro, para o conjunto Parque Carioca do Programa MCMV. A partir de levantamentos do projeto do Parque Carioca e de entrevistas com moradores foi possível observar a baixa qualidade construtiva e ambiental do Parque Carioca. Além disso, o desejo de retorno para a Vila autódromo está presente na fala dos seus ex-moradores. Este estudo constatou a importância da reconstituição da comunidade Vila Autódromo, porém com qualidades habitacionais e ambientais superiores às do Parque Carioca.
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Fissore, Olivier, Isabelle Gnaedig, and Hélène Kirchner. "System Presentation -- CARIBOO." In the 4th ACM SIGPLAN international conference. New York, New York, USA: ACM Press, 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/571157.571164.
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Trizoli, Talita. "O evento nós: conceitualismo, politica e alteridade em Regina Vater." In Encontro de História da Arte. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/eha.8.2012.4358.
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A artista carioca Regina Vater, nascida em 1943, e que tem parte de sua trajetória artística aqui discutida, fora figura conhecida do circuito artístico carioca na década de 60, frequentadora assídua de salões, galerias e participante ativa das praticas de vanguarda pictórica em voga. Seu período de formação se deu no final da década de 50, transitando como aluna primeiramente no ateliê de Frank Schaffer, e no de Iberê Camargo logo em seguida. Desenvolveu com esses artistas uma linguagem pictórica de influência expressionista, principalmente por conta de exposições nacionais de representantes da Otra Figuracion argentina, ocorridas na época.
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Amancio, Kleber Antonio de Oliveira. "Artistas brasileiros e a arte decorativa na Esposizione internazionale dell’industria e del lavoro de 1911." In Encontro de História da Arte. Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 2012. http://dx.doi.org/10.20396/eha.8.2012.4223.
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Esse artigo nasce de minha pesquisa de doutorado. Estudo a vida e a obra do pintor carioca da bellé époque Arthur Timotheo da Costa. Assim como vários artistas de seu tempo, dedicouse, dentre outras matérias, à pintura decorativa. Nesse momento há um notável crescimento na produção dessa forma de expressão artística (VALLE, 2007). Coetâneo a isso estava em curso um processo de aburguesamento intensivo da paisagem carioca (SEVCENKO, 2003: 47). Muitas edificações são demolidas; vivenciava-se a demanda por renovação e o aferro às coisas modernas (CHALHOUB, 1996). Arthur Timotheo realizou vários projetos nessa linha. Trabalhava ora em edifícios públicos, ora para particulares.
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Ojo, Ochuko Mary. "Efficiency of <i>Carica papaya</i> Seeds in the Coagulation of Moderately Turbid Wastewater." In 2023 School of Engineering and Engineering Technology Annual Conference. Switzerland: Trans Tech Publications Ltd, 2024. http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/p-ckc5he.
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The continuous degradation of available water resources coupled with the high cost of conventional water treatment has led to alternative, sustainable and cost-effective methods of treating wastewater. This study investigated the efficiency of Carica papaya seeds in the coagulation of moderately turbid water while determining the optimum treatment dosage and evaluating the treatment efficiencies compared to the use of conventional Aluminum sulphate (alum). Moderately turbid wastewater was obtained from Ala River tributary in Akure, Ondo State, Nigeria. The coagulation experiments were carried out at room temperature in a jar test. The experiments were carried out using 0.2 g/L, 0.4 g/L, 0.6 g/L. 0.8 g/L, 1.0 g/L, 1.2 g/L and 1.4 g/L doses of Carica papaya seed powder. An alum dose of 1 g/L was used as a control dose. The pH, turbidity, total hardness, total dissolved solids (TDS), and biochemical oxygen demand (BOD) of the raw water and treated water samples were analyzed. The pH of the raw water sample was 7.8; after treatment, the pH ranged from 7.7 at 0.2 g/L to 8.0 at 1.0 g/L treatment dose with Carica papaya seed powder. The optimum dose for turbidity removal was found to be 0.8 mg/L which amounted to 74.5% turbidity removal efficiency compared to 93.1% for alum. The hardness of the raw wastewater sample was 102 mg/L. After treatment, the hardness reduced from 99.4 mg/L at 0.2 g/L treatment to 77.6 mg/L at an optimum dose of 0.8 g/L. The TDS reduced from 564 mg/L at 0.2 g/L treatment with Carica papaya seed powder to 388 mg/L at an optimum dose of 0.8 mg/L amounting to a 78.9 % contaminant removal. The percentage BOD removal at 0.8 g/L of Carica papaya treatment was 86.3% while at 1.0 g/l, it was 100%. This study demonstrated that Carica papaya seeds is useful for the removal of contaminants from moderately turbid wastewater at varying percentages under different doses of papaya seeds.
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Karle, Kenneth F. "Restoration of the Caribou Creek Watershed." In Watershed Management and Operations Management Conferences 2000. Reston, VA: American Society of Civil Engineers, 2001. http://dx.doi.org/10.1061/40499(2000)34.
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Vanat, Tomas. "Caribou – A versatile data acquisition system." In Topical Workshop on Electronics for Particle Physics. Trieste, Italy: Sissa Medialab, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.22323/1.370.0100.
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Gonzales, Anthony Peter. CARICOM Report No. 1 (2002). Inter-American Development Bank, January 2002. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008586.
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The overall purpose of the report is to appraise progress towards deeper integration among the member states of the Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM). More specifically, and with particular reference to the goals of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), it seeks to assess the depth of market integration and functional cooperation by examining the state of policy coordination and harmonization, the level of institutional development, and the degree of capacity sharing. The study also addresses CARICOM's pace of widening and its integration into the world economy, against the backdrop of trends in international trade negotiations.
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Hosein, Roger, Amrita Deonarine, and Jeetendra Khadan. CARICOM and Canada: Good Trading Partners? Inter-American Development Bank, October 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008459.
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Despite seven rounds of negotiations since 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada were unable to concur on the establishment of a free trade agreement (FTA) to replace the existing Caribbean Canada Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN). Instead, the CARIBCAN waiver has been extended until 2023. At this stage, it is unclear when or if both parties will return to negotiations under the extended CARIBCAN waiver. Despite this uncertainty, it is important to determine whether Canada is a good trading partner for the CARICOM region. To undertake this exercise, we examine issues relating to export competitiveness, comparative advantage, and trade complementarity for trade in goods and services between CARICOM countries and Canada. We also conduct an experiment which assumes that a FTA is formed between CARICOM and Canada in order to estimate the impact of tariff liberalization on trade, revenue, and welfare on CARICOM countries. Our results indicate an unfavorable outlook for CARICOM countries on welfare grounds as well as on improving exports from CARICOM countries to Canada.
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Hosein, Roger, and Jeetendra Khadan. Trade, Economic and Welfare Impacts of the CARICOM-Canada Free Trade Agreement. Inter-American Development Bank, October 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011767.
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This paper estimates the trade, revenue, and welfare effects of the proposedCaribbean Community (CARICOM)-Canada free trade agreement (FTA) on CARICOM countries using a partial equilibrium model. The welfare analysis also takes into account the Economic Partnership Agreement, which was signed in 2008 by the CARIFORUM (CARICOM and the Dominican Republic) countries and the European Union. The revealed comparative advantage index, trade complementarity index, and transition probability matrices are used to examine the dynamics of comparative advantage for CARICOM countries' exports to Canada. The results obtained from the partial equilibrium model indicate adverse revenue and welfare effects for CARICOM member states. The results from various trade indices used do not provide evidence to suggest that an FTA between CARICOM countries and Canada can improve trade outcomes.
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Rodríguez, Ennio, and Anneke Jessen. The Caribbean Community: Facing the Challenges of Regional and Global Integration. Inter-American Development Bank, January 1999. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008676.
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On 4 July 1998, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary. CARICOM is one of the oldest integration schemes in the Western Hemisphere, the largest in terms of membership, yet by far the smallest in economic and geographic terms. In the wake of its historic anniversary, many have reflected on the Community's past achievements and future prospects. Has CARICOM served the development goals of its member states? Will it assist them in pursuing those goals into the next century? How can regional integration facilitate CARICOM's successful insertion into the global economy? The aim of this study is to answer those questions and, in doing so, to contribute to the ongoing debate on the future of CARICOM. With some exceptions, CARICOM economies have either stagnated or grown very slowly, and high unemployment has become chronic. Despite important policy changes, export diversification has been limited and insufficient for generating satisfactory growth rates. Size constraints have always hampered the potential for growth based on domestic markets and intra-CARICOM trade; decreased protectionism makes the size limitations even more evident. The region's overall export performance has been unsatisfactory despite privileged market access conditions. Today those conditions are becoming less favorable. Foreign aid, a key contributor to development in past decades, is also diminishing. CARICOM is clearly at a crossroads. Chapter I provides a general overview of the Caribbean Community, key features of its economies and the challenges facing the region on the eve of the new millenium. Chapter II offers an overview of the regional integration process, including progress on intra-regional trade liberalization, the deepening and the widening of CARICOM. Chapter III examines the external challenges facing the region today, particularly as regards its trade relations with Europe, the United States, Canada and Latin America. Chapter IV examines key areas of the services sector, both in terms of enhancing the region's export potential and supporting the establishment of a functioning single market. Chapter V briefly examines the Community's institutional structure, outlining existing bottlenecks to the effective design, implementation and enforcement of common policies. Chapter VI provides an analytical justification for promoting integration and cooperation initiatives in the region, and suggests a number of actions that could be taken to enhance the development prospects of CARICOM. The study argues that despite the limited contribution of regional integration efforts to economic development in the region so-far, integration can play a beneficial role if pursued under the right framework and with the right instruments.
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Vignoles, Christopher, and Anneke Jessen. CARICOM Report No. 2 (2005). Inter-American Development Bank, August 2005. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008587.
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Economic growth in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been slow in the last two decades, averaging just 1.8 percent a year, compared to annual growth of 3.5 percent in the world economy and 4.3 percent in developing countries. Growth has varied considerably among CARICOM¿s 15 member states, but in most countries it has slowed over the years. The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), for example, witnessed above-average growth of 5.4 percent a year in the period 1984-1994, but only 3.3 percent in 1994-1999, and only 1.2 percent in 1999-2004. Of the remaining CARICOM countries, only four have seen accelerated growth in recent years. Unemployment rates are high throughout the region, particularly among younger workers. Apart from slow growth and high unemployment, CARICOM countries face many other problems, among them a high prevalence and rising incidence of HIV/AIDS infections; persistent poverty in several countries of the region; high rates of drug abuse, violence and crime linked to the narcotics trade; and recurring devastation caused by hurricanes and other natural disasters. Meanwhile, the world economy is changing rapidly, requiring huge efforts among the small Caribbean countries to adjust to change while continuing to pursue growth and development.
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Deonarine, Amrita, Roger Hosein, and Jeetendra Khadan. CARICOM and Canada: Good Trading Partners? Inter-American Development Bank, October 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0000456.
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Braithwait, Samuel, Ricardo Rozemberg, and Jesica De Angelis. CARICOM Report: Progress and Challenges of The Integration Agenda. Inter-American Development Bank, December 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0002912.
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The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was established in 1973 as a customs union and nowadays consists of 15 member countries. CARICOM includes member and non-members of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), an economic union with free movement of people and goods, a single currency, and a common central bank. This report is the third in a series of INTAL publications on regional integration on the CaribbeanREPORT Community and covers the period 2005 to 2020. After a brief background to the CARICOM integration project and a look at the economy and international trade, this report focuses on the main issues and developments relating to the deepening of integration within CARICOM and crucial relationships with external partners. The final section concludes with an assessment of the short-term adverse impacts of the pandemic and summarizes a set of recommendations to tackle the main issues.
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Mendoza, Eduardo, and Mauricio Mesquita Moreira. Regional Integration: What is in it for CARICOM? Inter-American Development Bank, April 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011109.
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Economic and political integration have been a perennial and neuralgic issue in the Caribbean agenda. This paper draws on the literature on trade, growth and regional agreements to discuss the motivation behind the Caribbean drive for integration, the results obtained so far and what is in stock for the future. It argues, with the help of descriptive statistics, an empirical growth model and a gravity model, that the traditional, trade related gains from regional integration have been and are bound to be limited because of (1) the countries¿ high openness; (2) the limited size of the "common", enlarged market; and (3) the countries¿ relatively similar factor endowments. It also argues, though, that gains in the area of "non-tradables", due to economies of scale which cannot be mitigated by trade and openness, can be substantial.
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Grenade, Kari, and Allan Wright. Macro-Critical Issues and Implications for the Financial Sector in CARICOM. Inter-American Development Bank, April 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001096.
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Chaitoo, Ramesh. The Entertainment Sector in CARICOM: Key challenges and Proposals for Action. Inter-American Development Bank, April 2013. http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0009113.
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Although small in terms of population, the Caribbean is renowned for its creativity. Its cultural diversity is manifested in a variety of artistic expressions including folklore, crafts, performances, music festivals, and carnivals. Despite the Caribbean's great potential in the entertainment sector, important domestic challenges - emanating from both public and private sectors - have long impeded the successful growth of creative industries. The paper explains how the implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union should serve as an impetus for stakeholders in the region to address these barriers thereby creating favorable conditions for the production and export of Caribbean entertainment services. This Study presents an overview of policies in the creative sector in terms of the promotion of services exports in selected CARICOM states: Barbados, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. This Technical Note highlights bottlenecks to implementation of recommendations proposed in existing analyses and diagnostics and suggests specific ways in which these can be overcome. It formulates concrete recommendations for relevant actors, including donors and domestic governments, to promote the development of the creative industries.