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Anderson, Kirkland Robert. "Tourism and global logistics hub development in the Caribbean." Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes 9, no. 1 (February 13, 2017): 105–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/whatt-11-2016-0062.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the role of agritourism as a development model which enables the diversification of agriculture and targets the utilization of endogenous approaches in an effective manner to distribute benefits for the majority of the community. The logistics hub is a channel by which sustainability of this model can be achieved. Methodology This explorative study used survey methodology to gather data from a cross-section of stakeholders: an influential group consisting of 20 directors and senior directors, and 146 farmers, extension and assistant extension officers from rural agriculture development agency (RADA). The study was explored in terms of six proposed sustainability indicators as demonstrated by the Mandel Model for sustainable rural poultry farming. Findings The presence of the logistics hub made possible environmentally friendly infrastructural development, quality control of agritourism services, availability of financial resources and improved publicity and promotion of services. Arising from this, economics, socio-cultural and environmental benefits are likely to be achieved. Research limitations/implications Although the research has achieved its aims, there are some limitations. First, this research was conducted in seven of the fourteen parishes of Jamaica. Second, a broader-based longitudinal study is best suited to research of this nature. Practical implications Participating rural communities are likely to experience increased economic activity and development and ultimately a better standard of living. This must be seen in the context of the need for citizens in rural Jamaica to achieve cultural and educational change. Social implications This study has implications for the development and maintenance of public services and for local customs and cultures. Originality/value It is estimated that more than 100,000 Jamaicans could improve their standard of living and ultimately this would benefit all Jamaicans.

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Danielson, Anders. "Economic Reforms in Jamaica." Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs 38, no. 2-3 (1996): 97–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/166362.

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AbstractThis paper briefly discusses the economic reforms that have taken place in Jamaica for the past 15 years and argues that the reforms, at least so far, are mixed, particularly with regard to the elimination of poverty. The basic problems are (1) a slow response of exports to large, frequent adjustments in the exchange rate, which prohibits low-wage labor, in the informal sector, from being absorbed into the formal sector; and (2) the large budget deficit, with the associated demands for large cuts in expenditures, which primarily affects the rural poor. It is suggested that the principal reason that reforms have been slow is because of the political price to be paid for unpopular measures in a competitive democracy

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International Monetary Fund. "Jamaica: Recent Economic Developments." IMF Staff Country Reports 96, no. 97 (1996): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451820041.002.

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Danielson, Anders. "Economic Reforms and Poverty in Jamaica." Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 30, no. 2 (January 1, 2000): 83. http://dx.doi.org/10.16993/ibero.377.

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Brooks, William L., and Robert M. Orr,. "Japan's Foreign Economic Assistance." Asian Survey 25, no. 3 (March 1, 1985): 322–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2644122.

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Ruttan, Vernon W. "Why Foreign Economic Assistance?" Economic Development and Cultural Change 37, no. 2 (January 1989): 411–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1086/451730.

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Brooks, William L., and Robert M. Orr, Jr. "Japan's Foreign Economic Assistance." Asian Survey 25, no. 3 (March 1985): 322–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/as.1985.25.3.01p0257y.

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Savage, Joanne, Richard R. Bennett, and Mona Danner. "Economic Assistance and Crime." European Journal of Criminology 5, no. 2 (April 2008): 217–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1477370807087645.

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Best, Alton, Brian M. Francis, and C. Justin Robinson. "Financial Deepening and Economic Growth in Jamaica." Global Business Review 18, no. 1 (February 2017): 1–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0972150916666744.

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The paper empirically examines the question of whether bank liquid reserves to bank assets ratio and domestic credit to private sector as a percentage of GDP strengthens financial deepening on the real sector and hence catalyzes economic growth in Jamaica. A Granger causality approach is employed within a multivariate framework. Cointegration is used to examine the short- and long-run relationships within the model. Innovative accounting techniques (impulse response function and variance decomposition) are also utilized to determine the out-of-sample relation between financial deepening and economic growth. The empirical analysis is conducted with annual data from 1980 to 2014 with three proxies for financial deepening. The empirical evidence suggests a ‘supplying-leading’ relationship in both the short and long run. These results are confirmed by the innovation accounting techniques (impulse response function and the variance decomposition). Our findings imply that Jamaica should first concentrate on developing its financial sectors which has the potential to spur higher levels of economic growth in the real sectors of the economy.

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Karagiannis, Nikolaos. "Tourism, linkages, and economic development in Jamaica." International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 15, no. 3 (June 1, 2003): 184–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09596110310470257.

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This article offers, briefly, a production‐oriented development framework for Jamaica, based on growth‐promoting linkages between tourism, commodity production sectors, and complementary and related service industries. These linkages can boost the Jamaican endogenous competency and industrial competitiveness, while improving the country’s macroeconomic performance. Alternative development policy considerations are also within the scope of this article.

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Ramcharran, Harridutt. "Electricity consumption and economic growth in Jamaica." Energy Economics 12, no. 1 (January 1990): 65–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-9883(90)90009-5.

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Gustavson, Kent. "Economic production from the artisanal fisheries of Jamaica." Fisheries Research 57, no. 2 (August 2002): 103–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0165-7836(01)00346-0.

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DAVIDSON, H. K., and A. L. MINKES. "SOCIAL FACTORS IN THE ECONOMIC PROBLEMS OF JAMAICA." Journal of proceedings of the Agricultural Economics Society 11, no. 1 (November 5, 2008): 69–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1477-9552.1954.tb01295.x.

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Brookes, L. G. "Electricity and economic growth in Jamaica — a response." Energy Economics 13, no. 1 (January 1991): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0140-9883(91)90058-8.

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Bynoe, Anne J. "Economic liberalization and money demand stability in Jamaica." International Advances in Economic Research 8, no. 4 (November 2002): 362. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02295512.

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Elliott, Dawn Richards, and Ransford W. Palmer. "Institutions and Caribbean Economic Performance: Insights from Jamaica." Studies in Comparative International Development 43, no. 2 (April 24, 2008): 181–205. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12116-008-9017-9.

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Davis, Julian G. McKoy. "POLICY AND ECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON RETIREMENT, FINANCIAL LITERACY, AND ECONOMIC SECURITY IN JAMAICA." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S580. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.2150.

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Abstract The changing pension landscape, as well as the accompanying privatization, marketization and individualization of the pension planning process, has resulted in inadequate and risky investment practices. Jamaica, like many other countries in the international community, has been engaged in pension reform. The main issues in the current dispensation of pension reform are in relation to pension adequacy to mitigate against longevity risk, low levels of pension coverage; with the aforementioned leading to the need to increase the number of persons contributing to the pension pool as well as possibly an increase in the value of pension contributions to account for inflation and investment risks. This paper describes the current legal and regulatory framework on pension reform in Jamaica within the context of population ageing and the National Financial Inclusion Strategy that targets persons who were previously underserved by the domestic financial system. Policy and programmatic recommendations are will be provided.

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Hickling, Frederick W. "Psychiatry in Jamaica." International Psychiatry 7, no. 1 (January 2010): 9–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/s1749367600000928.

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The intense historical relationship linking Jamaica and Britain to 300 years of the transatlantic slave trade and 200 years of colonialism has left 2.7 million souls living in Jamaica, 80% of African origin, 15% of mixed Creole background and 5% of Asian Indian, Chinese and European ancestry. With a per capita gross domestic product of US$4104 in 2007, one-third of the population is impoverished, the majority struggling for economic survival. The prevailing religion is Protestant, although the presence of African retentions such as Obeah and Pocomania are still widely and profoundly experienced, and the powerful Rastafarian movement emerged as a countercultural religious force after 1930. The paradox and contradictions of five centuries of Jamaican resistance to slavery and colonial oppression have spawned a tiny, resilient, creative, multicultural island people, who have achieved a worldwide philosophical, political and religious impact, phenomenal sporting prowess, astonishing musical and performing creativity, and a criminal underworld that has stunned by its propensity for violence.

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KITLV, Redactie. "Book Reviews." New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids 70, no. 1-2 (January 1, 1996): 133–203. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/13822373-90002634.

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-Sandra L. Richards, Judy S.J. Stone, Theatre. London: Macmillan Caribbean, 1994. xii + 268 pp.-Lowell Fiet, Errol Hill, The Jamaican stage, 1655-1900: profile of a colonial theatre. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1992. xiv + 346 pp.-Supriya Nair, Bruce King, V.S. Naipaul. New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993. viii + 170 pp.-Agnes Lugo-Ortiz, Donald E. Rice, The rhetorical uses of the authorizing figure: Fidel Castro and José Martí. Westport CT: Praeger, 1992. xviii + 163 pp.-Graciella Cruz-Taura, Juan A. Martínez, Cuban art and national identity: The Vanguardia painters, 1927-1950. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 1994. xiv + 189 pp.-Graciella Cruz-Taura, Luis Camnitzer, New art of Cuba. Austin; University of Texas Press, 1994. xxx + 400 pp.-Gary Brana-Shute, Richard Price ,On the mall: Presenting Maroon tradition-bearers at the 1992 festival of American folklife. Bloomington: Folklore Institute, Indiana University, 1994. xi + 123 pp., Sally Price (eds)-Erika Bourguignon, Stephan Palmié, Das Exil der Götter: Geschichte und Vorstellungswelt einer afrokubanischen Religion. Frankfurt: Peter Lang, 1991. vii + 520 pp.-Carla Freeman, Daniel Miller, Modernity, an ethnographic approach: Dualism and mass consumption in Trinidad. Oxford: Berg Publishers, 1994. 340 pp.-Daniel A. Segal, Kelvin Singh, Race and class: Struggles in a colonial state: Trinidad 1917-1945. Kingston; The Press - University of the West Indies, 1994. xxii + 284 pp.-Evelyne Huber, Patsy Lewis, Jamaica: Preparing for the twenty-first century. Kingston: Ian Randle, 1994. xvi + 272 pp.-Diane Vernon, Elisa Janine Sobo, One blood: The Jamaican body. Albany NY: State University of New York Press, 1993. vii + 329 pp.-Robert Myers, Patrick L. Baker, Centring the periphery: Chaos. order and the ethnohistory of Dominica. Kingston: The Press - University of the West Indies, 1994. xxviii + 251 pp.-Riva Berleant-Schiller, Debra Evenson, Revolution in the balance: Law and society in contemporary Cuba. Boulder CO: Westview, 1994. xiii + 235 pp.-Riva Berleant-Schiller, Mindie Lazarus-Black, Legitimate acts and illegal encounters: Law and society in Antigua and Barbuda. Washington DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994. xxv + 357 pp.-Michiel Baud, Luis Martínez-Fernández, Torn between empires: Economy, society, and patterns of political thought in the Hispanic Caribbean, 1840-1878. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1994. ix + 333 pp.-Stanley L. Engerman, Jorge F. Pérez-López, The economics of Cuban sugar. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1991, xviii + 313 pp.-Rosario Espinal, Michiel Baud, Historia de un sueño: Los ferrocarriles públicos en la República Dominicana, 1880-1930. Santo Domingo: Fundación Cultural Dominicana, 1993. 145 pp.-Birgit Sonesson, Carlos Esteban Dieve, Las emigraciones canarias a Santo Domingo: Siglos XVII y XVIII. Santo Domingo: Fundación Cultural Dominicana, 1991. iii + 185 pp.-Erna Kerkhof, Juan Flores, Divided borders: Essays on Puerto Rican identity. Houston: Arte Público Press, 1993. 252 pp.-Cruz M. Nazario, Joan Koss-Chioino, Women as healers, women as patients: Mental health care and traditional healing in Puerto Rico. Boulder CO: Westview, 1992. xx + 237 pp.-Forrest D. Colburn, Andrés Serbin ,El Caribe y Cuba en la posguerra fría. Caracas: Editorial Nueva Sociedad, 1994. 272 pp., Joseph Tulchin (eds)-Winthrop R. Wright, Nina S. de Friedemann, La saga del negro: Presencia africana en Colombia. Santa Fe de Bogotá: Centro Editorial Javeriano, 1993. 117 pp.-Rita Giacalone, Francois Taglioni, Géopolitique des Petites Antilles: Influences européenne et nordaméricaine. Paris: Karthala, 1994. vii + 321 pp.-Daniel J. Crowley, Salikoko S. Mufwene, Africanisms in Afro-American language varieties. With the assistance of Nancy Condon. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1993. vii + 512 pp.-Peter Bakker, Joan D. Hall ,Old English and new: Studies in language and linguistics in honor of Frederic G. Cassidy. New York: Garland, 1992. xxxiii + 460 pp., Nick Doane, Dick Ringler (eds)-Peter Bakker, Francis Byrne ,Atlantic meets Pacific: A global view of Pidginization and Creolization. Amsterdam and Philadelphia: John Benjamins, 1993. ix + 465 pp., John Holm (eds)-Jacques Arends, George L. Huttar ,Ndyuka. London: Routledge, 1994. 631 pp., Mary L. Huttar (eds)-P.C. Emmer, Henk den Heyer, De geschiedenis van de WIC. Zutphen, Netherlands: De Walburg Pers, 1994. 208 pp.-Wim Hoogbergen, A.F. Paula, 'Vrije' slaven: Een sociaal-historische studie over de dualistische slavenemancipatie op Nederlands Sint Maarten, 1816-1863. Zutphen, Netherlands: De Walburg Pers, 1993. 191 pp.-Wim Hoogbergen, Bea Brommer, Ik ben eigendom van ...: Slavenhandel en plantageleven. Wijk en Aalburg, Netherlands: Pictures Publishers, 1993. 144 pp.-Gert Oostindie, Ben Scholtens, Bosnegers en overheid in Suriname: De ontwikkeling van de politieke verhouding 1651-1992. Paramaribo: Afdeling Cultuurstudies/Minov, 1994. 237 pp.-Edward M. Dew, Marten Schalkwijk, Suriname: Het steentje in de Nederlandse schoen: Van onafhankelijkheid tot raamverdrag. Paramaribo: Firgos Suriname, 1994. 356 pp.

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KOSAI, YUTAKA, and KENJI MATSUYAMA. "Japanese Economic Cooperation." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 513, no. 1 (January 1991): 62–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716291513001006.

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Japanese official development assistance (ODA) totaled $9.13 billion in 1988, which put Japan neck and neck with the United States for the title of largest aid-donor country. In the few decades since joining the Development Assistance Committee in 1961, Japan has steadily increased its aid effort until the country is now one of the major sources of economic cooperation. This article first outlines the characteristics of Japanese ODA—such as its emphasis on loans to Asia—and then discusses the various factors that have shaped these characteristics. In recognition of the fact that yen credits are central to Japanese assistance, the significance and impact of those yen credits are then examined. Finally, some recent developments in Japanese assistance and some issues that remain to be resolved are reviewed.

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McFarlane, Donald A. "Cave bats in Jamaica." Oryx 20, no. 1 (January 1986): 27–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0030605300025874.

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Jamaica has 22 native mammal species. One of these is an endangered rodent, the Jamaican hutia Geocapromys browni; the rest are all bats. Fifteen of these bats depend entirely or significantly on caves as roost sites, including two endemic species and seven endemic subspecies. These cave-dwelling bats often form large colonies whose guano deposits are of significant economic value as fertilizer, but which are vulnerable to disturbance and roost destruction. The author, who has visited and worked in many of Jamaica's bat caves over the past eight years, is currently researching the evolution and development of the Antillean bat faunas.

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Taylor, Monica E. "Jamaica and the economics of English." English Today 12, no. 4 (October 1996): 25–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078400009263.

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Freckleton, Marie. "Trade Liberalization, Export Performance, and Economic Growth in Jamaica." Iberoamericana – Nordic Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies 37, no. 2 (June 1, 2007): 9. http://dx.doi.org/10.16993/ibero.206.

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Diebold, William, and Adam Zwass. "The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance." Foreign Affairs 69, no. 2 (1990): 173. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/20044334.

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Evans, Roger W. "Economic impact of mechanical cardiac assistance." Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases 43, no. 1 (August 2000): 81–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1053/pcad.2000.7201.

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Kang, Seonjou, and James Meernik. "Determinants of Post-Conflict Economic Assistance." Journal of Peace Research 41, no. 2 (March 2004): 149–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0022343304041062.

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Nachmias, Nitza. "International economic assistance and sustainable development." International Journal of Public Sector Management 12, no. 3 (June 1999): 273–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/09513559910267422.

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Looney, Robert E., and Peter C. Frederiksen. "The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act and prospects for economic growth in Jamaica." Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 23, no. 3 (January 1989): 139–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0038-0121(89)90011-6.

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YAZGAN HADZIBULIC, Seda. "JAMAICAN CRIME AND ECONOMY." Volume 7, Issue 4 7, no. 4 (October 31, 2020): 323–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.15637/jlecon.7.024.

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This research paper examines an overview of literature on the most recent issues that are allied to crime and violence in Jamaica. They have been an issue which has affected the Caribbean as a whole but due to the islands many social and economic problems, it has shown an increase in crime and violence most noticeably in Jamaica. This issue has caused millions of people to live in fear due to the constant and never-ending crime and violence. The horrors of violence and crime has undoubtedly had a more profound and significant negative impact on the young population. My research will focus on the aspects of violence and crime in Jamaica. This paper will also cover the general conditions in Jamaica, the organized crime and the conventional violence, and how the impact of the crime has had an effect on economic growth. My conclusion will focus on the policies which these countries have to change that will significantly reduce crime and violence and as a result will provide a better social and economic future for all of its citizens. The aim of this research is to have a broader understanding about crime and violence in Jamaica and to raise global awareness about their conditions and the humanitarian problems.

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Coppin, Addington. "Recent U.S. Economic Policies and the Central Caribbean Economies." Review of Black Political Economy 20, no. 4 (June 1992): 55–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf02696980.

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This study examines the trade and investment performances of three economies in the Central Caribbean region since the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) and associated programs. We find that the rapid growth in nontraditional exports from these economies to the United States did not necessarily translate into net foreign exchange earnings. On a per capita basis, export-related investment in Haiti was much lower than in the other two economies — Jamaica and the Dominican Republic. As a percentage of the labor force, gross employment gains for Jamaica have been significantly larger than those in either the Dominican Republic or Haiti. It appears that the policies favoring expansion in the offshore sector may foster employment opportunities of females, especially where traditional sectors are in decline.

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CLARKE, COLIN, and DAVID HOWARD. "Contradictory socio-economic consequences of structural adjustment in Kingston, Jamaica." Geographical Journal 172, no. 2 (June 2006): 106–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4959.2006.00197.x.

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Weiss, John. "Approaches to estimating national economic parameters: Jamaica, Nepal and Ethiopia." Project Appraisal 2, no. 1 (March 1987): 21–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02688867.1987.9726591.

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International Monetary Fund. "Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Cartac Report on the Sector Accounts and Balance Sheets Mission." IMF Staff Country Reports 17, no. 85 (2017): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781475592641.002.

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Wilson, Amy T. "The Effectiveness of International Development Assistance From American Organizations to Deaf Communities in Jamaica." American Annals of the Deaf 150, no. 3 (2005): 292–304. http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/aad.2005.0037.

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Saner, Raymond, and Lichia Yiu. "Jamaica’s development of women entrepreneurship: challenges and opportunities." Public Administration and Policy 22, no. 2 (December 2, 2019): 152–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/pap-09-2019-0023.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess how far Jamaica has come regarding women economic empowerment, female entrepreneurship and its development policies in favour of women entrepreneurship development. Design/methodology/approach This exploratory study employs a mixed method approach to achieve its research objectives, consisting of literature review and corroboration with existing database and indices. Key insights of research on female entrepreneurship are used to reflect on published data to assess progress of female entrepreneurship development in Jamaica. The 2017 editions of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor and Gender Entrepreneurship and Development Index were examined to gain a better understanding of how the Jamaican business environment has progressed or regressed over time and how the economic development and business environment impact female participation in Jamaica’s labour force and entrepreneurial initiatives. Findings The economic conditions in Jamaica and the role of females as domestic caregiver have made it difficult for women to enter the labour force even though Jamaican women are relatively better educated than men. Women remain at a disadvantage in the labour force. Jamaica’s legislation and budget allocations in favour of female entrepreneurship are analysed to identify where and how Jamaica is investing its efforts to improve women’s participation in the labour force. The authors conclude with suggestions on how the Jamaican government could facilitate further women entrepreneurship development to reach a more gender balanced inclusive socio-economic development. Originality/value While global policy has been promoting women empowerment through entrepreneurial development, little is known on the actual outcome of such human capital investment strategy and the critical vectors that contribute to such outcome. This scarcity of knowledge is also applicable to Jamaica. This paper attempts to contribute to women entrepreneurship research by reaching beyond the output-oriented perspective of various skill development programmes and attempts to link policy choice with overall macro results of entrepreneurship development in general and women entrepreneurship development in specific. The study thus provides a rare glimpse of the entrepreneurship ecosystem in Jamaica.

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Lebedev, Sergei. "Peacekeeping operations and economic assistance: anthropological approach." Конфликтология / nota bene, no. 1 (January 2020): 15–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2454-0617.2020.1.32590.

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The object of this research is the world politics, while the subjects is the psychoeconomic stimuli that incite the Libertarian Party of Russia to manifestation of altruism in world politics, reflected in participation in peacekeeping operations or rendering humanitarian assistance. At the same time, the classical concept of “regional choice” or the school of realism cannot explain propensity of the states for displaying altruism. In majority of cases, it was beneficial for the states to choose the strategy of “fare evader”; but the practice demonstrates that many countries spent considerably on altruism that are disadvantageous from the perspective of classical paradigm. The research methodology is bases on the historical and anthropological methods; the latter can be interpreted extensively, since the article uses the concepts of evolutionary psychology and economics. The scientific novelty consists in application of the concept of “conspicuous consumption” and “costly signaling” to the analysis of foreign policy of the states. The article underlines that certain foreign policy acts of the countries may be aimed at gaining additional prestige, rather than acquisition of actual strategic profits on the international arena.

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Weinbaum, Marvin G. "Egypt'sInfitahand the politics of US economic assistance." Middle Eastern Studies 21, no. 2 (April 1985): 206–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00263208508700624.

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Redelmeier, Donald A., and Allan S. Detsky. "Economic Theory and Medical Assistance in Dying." Applied Health Economics and Health Policy 19, no. 1 (May 6, 2020): 5–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40258-020-00587-4.

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Politi, Gabriel da Rocha Campos, Tiberio Bruno Rocha Cruz, Daiane Maria De Genaro Chiroli, and Ligia Greatti. "Quality of technical assistance: economic evaluation of the quality in technical assistance processes." Independent Journal of Management & Production 12, no. 1 (February 1, 2021): 143–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.14807/ijmp.v12i1.1271.

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This study aims to analyze the economic feasibility of hiring new technicians in order to meet the existing demand for technical assistance. For this, a sensitivity analysis was performed and the data was collected in a qualitative and quantitative way. After that interviews were carried out and quality tools were applied, such as: brainstorms, cause and effect diagram and also financial and cost data was collected during the process. Thus, it was possible to identify that the main causes of the problem is the unavailability of technicians. Thus, an initial solution was developed to create financial configurations to assess which decision would be most plausible. Finally, the best performance scenario was to hire only one new technician, as it maximizes the company's net profit and the representative percentage of that profit from the generated revenue; it was also considered to what extent the solution could be applied. This research is important not only for the studied company, but also for others that have similar problems and need instructions to create a direction for a solution.

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Zahedieh, Nuala. "Trade, Plunder, and Economic Development in Early English Jamaica, 1655-89." Economic History Review 39, no. 2 (May 1986): 205. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2596150.

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Cooper, Dereck W. "Migration from Jamaica in the 1970s: Political Protest or Economic Pull?" International Migration Review 19, no. 4 (1985): 728. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/2546106.

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Cooper, Dereck W. "Migration from Jamaica in the 1970s: Political Protest or Economic Pull?" International Migration Review 19, no. 4 (December 1985): 728–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791838501900404.

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A number of commentators in both newspapers and journals have implied that the high rates of out-migration from Jamaica in the late 70s were essentially a response to the democratic socialist policies of the Manley administration in that country. However, a more detailed examination of the data on patterns of migration in previous years reveals not only that the high rates were part of an on-going trend set soon after World War II, but also that the various fluctuations in rates from year to year correspond more to the immigration policies of receiving countries than to the policies of the sending nation.

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Thame, Maziki. "Jamaica, Covid-19 and Black freedom." Cultural Dynamics 33, no. 3 (May 7, 2021): 220–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/09213740211014331.

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This essay is concerned with the conditions of Black life in the 21st century and the continued need to imagine Black freedom as projects of self-sovereignty, in the current moment of global protests centered on the socio-economic inequities that people especially those of color face, deepened by the devastating effects of Covid-19. The essay’s focus is on the Caribbean island of Jamaica. I highlight the articulation of race and class that springs from a world history of anti-blackness, historicized through plantation slavery. The essay addresses the enduring violence manifest in physical assaults and political projects of Development, that lead to widespread deprivation for lower-income Jamaicans. Yet the essay suggests that it is these very sordid conditions that generate alternative imaginaries for a sustainable re-ordering of life.

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Baicker, Katherine, and M. Marit Rehavi. "Policy Watch: Trade Adjustment Assistance." Journal of Economic Perspectives 18, no. 2 (May 1, 2004): 239–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1257/0895330041371196.

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This feature contains short articles on topics that are currently on the agendas of policymakers, thus illustrating the role of economic analysis in illuminating current debates. Suggestions for future columns and comments on past ones should be sent to C. Eugene Steuerle, c/o Journal of Economic Perspectives, The Urban Institute, 2100 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20037.

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Shakirov, A. "USA: Official Development Assistance." World Economy and International Relations, no. 3 (2012): 43–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.20542/0131-2227-2012-3-43-51.

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The article considers the aims and practices of the United States’ foreign assistance provided to other, especially developing, states. The aims include the promotion of the international development, on the one hand, and the achievement of US own national interests in security, economic and political spheres, on the other hand. Official foreign assistance (OFA) of the United States is divided into two types: economic assistance and military-technical one. Currently, the USA is the world's largest donor of both types of the official foreign assistance. This author discusses structure and factors influencing the OFA provided to the developing countries, as well as the experience of cooperation in this sphere between Russia and the United States.

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Melville, Bendley. "Breast-Feeding Decline despite Deteriorating Socio-Economic Conditions." Food and Nutrition Bulletin 15, no. 3 (September 1994): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/156482659401500301.

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The impact of deteriorating socio-economic conditions on breast-feeding duration in Jamaica is examined In spite of dramatic increases in the consumer price index for food and drink and consequently in the cost of artificial feeding, breast-feeding duration declined by 10.6% during 19871991. This was apparently due to a reduction in postpartum visits by district midwives. It is concluded that breast-feeding promotion should receive increased support under conditions of severe economic hardship.

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Shepherd, Verene A. "Livestock and Sugar: Aspects of Jamaica's Agricultural Development from the Late Seventeenth to the Early Nineteenth Century." Historical Journal 34, no. 3 (September 1991): 627–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0018246x00017520.

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The study of the agricultural history of Jamaica, particularly after the seventeenth century when England seized the island from Spain, has traditionally been dominated by investigations of the sugar industry. Recently a few scholars have deviated from this path to examine in varying degrees of detail, agrarian activities which did not represent the standard eighteenth-century West Indian route to wealth. Foremost among this growing body of literature are articles and papers on the livestock industry (and livestock farmers), arguably the most lucrative of the non-sugar economic activities in rural Jamaica, perhaps until the advent of coffee later in the eighteenth century. Intended as a contribution to the historiography of non-staple agricultural production in colonial Jamaica, this article traces the early establishment and expansion of the important livestock or ‘pen-keeping’ industry. But the history of pens must also be located within the context of the dominant sugar economy; for during the period of slavery, pens were largely dependent on the sugar estate to provide markets for their outputs. Indeed pens expanded as a result of the growth of the sugar industry and, therefore, the importance of the livestock industry in eighteenth-and nineteenth-century Jamaica is best appreciated by examining its economic links with the estates.

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Belov, Andrey M., Dmitriy A. Bulyukin, and Lee Tong. "Soviet economic assistance to China in the 1950s." Vestnik of Kostroma State University, no. 3 (2019): 52–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.34216/1998-0817-2019-25-3-52-56.

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The Soviet-Chinese relations in the 1950s are considered in the article through the prism of the Soviet Union's economic help to China. The review of sources and historical literature devoted to the studied problem is provided, positions of both Russian and Chinese historians are estimated, concrete contracts and agreements between two countries are analysed. The authors come to a conclusion that what was the cornerstone of the Soviet economic help to China in the 1950s, in many respects meant the ideological reasons: what was the base of ideology of the leading parties of both countries, was Marxism-Leninism. What was a basis of the help to People's Republic of China from the Soviet Union became the aspiration to create the industry which would be modern at that time and would promote formation of the Chinese working class as the main ally of working class of the Soviet Union.

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Franks, Janet Elaine, and Carol Johns. "Entrepreneur assistance & economic development in Florida libraries." Reference Services Review 43, no. 3 (August 10, 2015): 400–418. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/rsr-03-2015-0014.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper was to identify essential resources that entrepreneurs need; to determine which resources and services are available at public libraries in two Florida counties; and to suggest additional ways for public libraries to increase their value and visibility among the business community. Design/methodology/approach – Information was gathered using structured and open-ended questions, using the Qualtrics survey technology provider, to obtain both quantitative and qualitative responses. Library administrators were contacted to identify relevant library staff to participate in the survey. Pasco County Library System administrators agreed to distribute the survey to their staff. Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative administrators provided email addresses of staff selected to participate. Web sites of the libraries, their counties, and their partners were also examined for additional information. Findings – The results suggest that the libraries are able to satisfy most of the requests of entrepreneurs. One exception was consulting, which was not consistently available, according to respondents, but could be offered at the library by business service organizations. Suggestions for promoting library business resources were proposed, based on survey responses and the websites of the libraries, their counties, and their business service organization partners. Research limitations/implications – This research studied key public librarians and staff employed at Pasco and Hillsborough counties in Florida. Some of the resources identified as useful for entrepreneurs in these counties may not be generalizable to communities outside the state of Florida, or outside the USA. Additionally, the survey did not explore what is not being done or what could be done if the libraries had more resources. Practical implications – This study provides information on the resources and services that public libraries provide entrepreneurs. It also offers suggestions for libraries to become more valuable and visible to their local business community. Social implications – As entrepreneurs and small businesses contribute substantially to economic development, public libraries that provide assistance to them help their communities prosper. Originality/value – This study is a collaboration between an academic reference librarian with a recent MBA degree, and an Entrepreneur Services Manager and Florida SBDC Center Director, who together provide a unique perspective and interpretive value toward promoting economic development.

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Fidrmuc, Jan, and Stefani Kostagianni. "Impact of IMF Assistance on Economic Growth Revisited." Economics & Sociology 8, no. 3 (October 20, 2015): 32–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.14254/2071-789x.2015/8-3/2.

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