Download or read book Structural Adjustment Public Policy and Administration in the Caribbean written by John Gaffar La Guerre and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Public Administration and Policy in the Caribbean written by Indianna D. Minto-Coy and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean is at a crucial phase in its development. Global and local pressures have seen the region losing its competitiveness, while it remains at risk of losing out on development gains made in the last few decades. These pressures are demanding improvements in the way government operates, particularly in its policy-making and administrative

Download or read book Policy Reform for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean written by Michele Garrity and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Caribbean countries, and many other Third World countries in Latin America, Asia and Africa, have been under the yoke of structural adjustment measures for more than a decade. Numerous studies have addressed the inequality of North-South relations, the lack of transparency in negotiations that have led to the signature of agreements, the absence of a clear definition of responsibilities of the parties engaged, the inadequacy and inadaptation of policies with regard to the socio-cultural context, and especially the refusal to take into account the social demands of the most deprived. The criticisms formulated in this book can only find a beginning of solutions by the setting up of a solid administrative organization in which the public officials are made accountable and who, once aware of the national and international stakes, can confront the constraints involved in State/international negotiation relations. The book is a very rich presentation of the concept and the problems of structural adjustment and institutional development in the developing countries. Beside the impressive introduction and the convincing conclusion, the articles on these prerequisites for institutional sustainability present the most important empirical research results. The contents is a clear description of problems, failures and results in institutional reforms.

Download or read book The Challenge of Structural Adjustment in the Commonwealth Caribbean written by Ramesh Ramsaran and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1992-06-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work analyzes recent economic performance in the Commonwealth Caribbean by examining the IMF/World Bank Structural Adjustment Package and its relation to the deteriorating economic and social conditions in this part of the world. Ramesh F. Ramsaran not only takes a critical look at structural adjustment as it has been applied in the Caribbean but also examines recent structural adjustment theory in general and some of its contradictions in practice. Ramsaran argues that if structural adjustment programs are to be effective with minimum social cost, their design must take into account the specific conditions of individual countries. This argument against the general application of policies and principles remains firm, despite the fact that international aid agencies in the 1980s did find general guidelines useful in particular situations. His analysis will be of interest to scholars and policy-makers in international and development economics and international finance and trade.

Download or read book The Crisis of Public Sector Reform in the Carribean written by Ann Marie Bissessar and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unlike the existing literature on public sector refonn which utilizes the Weberiancontrol model, a networking system, or perfonnance and results-oriented criteria to explain the cause and context of public refOlm in the Caribbean, this work applies game theory.

Download or read book Structural Reform and Growth written by Kevin Greenidge and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1980’s with the introduction of IMF/WB adjustment programs structural reforms have been a core part of the reform agenda in the Caribbean. The paper reviewed the package of structural reforms in trade liberalization, financial liberalization and tax policy, and gauges their impact on growth. The paper used a set of reform indices to gauge both short-run and long-run effects of structural reforms on growth, controlling for other possible growth determinants using panel dynamic OLS estimation. In addition, recognizing the importance of institutions to growth the empirical analysis also analyzed the impact of institutional quality on growth for a sample of small states including the Caribbean. We concluded that the benefits of structural reforms are only seen over the long-term and in reinvigorating growth the reform effort needs to be revived and include greater attention to strengthening institutional quality.

Download or read book Governance and Institutional Re engineering written by Ann Marie Bissessar and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2009-03-26 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Governance and Institutional Re-engineering comprises a series of thought-provoking articles on governance and the institutions of governance. It commences with what amounts to a plea by a well- respected academician in the field of Public Administration, Gerald Caiden, in an article entitled "Towards Cleaner Government." The book brings together scholars from across the world. In setting out their various perspectives, integrity in public life, women and politics and neighbourhood management among the various themes, the writers demonstrate the range and diversity of debates involved in the governance of any country. The book was certainly successful in presenting an interesting, informed, well-written discussion of contemporary challenges and recent discussions in the field of government and public administration.

Download or read book Caribbean Public Policy written by Jacqueline Anne Braveboy-wagner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-02-23 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on public policy issues in Caribbean, evaluating current policy and suggests realistic improvements and alternatives. It also focuses on following themes: economic policy, the regional business environment, regionalism and integration, health care, labor and migration and gender.

Download or read book Poverty Empowerment and Social Development in the Caribbean written by Norman Girvan and published by Canoe Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effect of the IMF s Structural Adjustment Programmes on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean written by Sheila Linette Betker and published by National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada. This book was released on 1993 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Nassau Understanding written by Caribbean Community and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Policy Transfer New Public Management and Globalization written by Ann Marie Bissessar and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New public management, as sketched by Bisessar (social sciences, U. of West Indies, St. Augustine) is a re-engineered form of public administration that emphasizes decentralized administration, contracting out, and privatization and is heavily favored as a model to be imposed on developing countries by the institutions of neoliberalism. Bissessar presents 10 essays that, from the perspective of small Latin American and Caribbean countries, tend to suggest that the transfer of this style of administration fails to be successful because of the lack of primary infrastructure, although there are differences in both focus and emphasis among the contributors. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.

Download or read book Economic Policy and the Environment written by Mark D. Griffith and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Caribbean written by Anthony T. Bryan and published by University of Miami Iberian Studies Institute. This book was released on 1995 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prominent Caribbean scholars and policy experts analyze the implications for the Caribbean of a world in transition. Issues are presented in a new international context, including prospects for Cuba and Haiti. The effects of external debt and structural adjustment are reviewed; likely benefits and hazards of development options such as trade liberalization, privatization, and foreign direct investment are probed. The evolving Caribbean business environment and the political dynamic between public and private sectors are described.The external challenges for the Caribbean presented by the possible disappearance of unilateral trade preferences in Europe and North America are studied in chapters advancing a post-Lome strategy and planning for increased regional competitiveness. Also highlighted are intra-Caribbean relations and integration and projections for the future of hemispheric cooperation.

Download or read book The Debt Dilemma written by Horace A. Bartilow and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the recent Mexican crisis has demonstrated, Third World debt remains a silent virus in the global economy and not knowing when and where it will explode next should prompt questions about the nature and process of how debt is negotiated. This text is an attempt to understand the ways in which indebted Caribbean states and the IMF negotiate debt. Issues raised attempt to discuss the following questions: how do small dependent Caribbean states with limited resources negotiate debt with a powerful international agency such as IMF?; what are the various bargaining tactics and leverages that Caribbean governments and the IMF utilize in the negotiation of debt to shape the conditionality outcomes of economic adjustment?; and how does US hegemony in the Caribbean impact the process and outcome of negotiating debt?

Download or read book Caribbean Economic Development written by Stanley Lalta and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A collection of essays by Caribbean scholars on the development experience of the English-speaking Caribbean countries, with an emphasis on policy-oriented analyses and alternative development strategies. Explores such issues as import substitution, regional integration, self-reliance and State-led development, and structural adjustment"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Download or read book Adjustment and Recovery in the Caricom Economies written by Caribbean Development Bank. President and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: