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ONLINE

First edition

New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, 2017

1 online resource (xvi, 140 pages)

ISBN 9781631575631 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781631575624 paperback

Economics collection, ISSN 2163-7628

Print version: ISBN 9781631575624

Includes bibliographical references and index

1. Public policy and economic growth: some insights into the Caribbean experience / Ramesh Ramsaran -- 2. Towards an alternative industrial and trade profile for Caribbean economies: the challenge of the developmental state approach / Nikolaos Karagiannis, Debbie A. Mohammed and Jessica M. Bailey -- 3. Crime, criminal activity, and tourism performance: issues from the Caribbean / Nikolaos Karagiannis and Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi -- 4. Economic globalization and the transnational crime of drug trafficking and lottery scamming: evidence from Jamaica / Suzette A. Haughton -- About the contributors -- Index.

Caribbean economies have been faced with mounting challenges arising from the increasing pace of economic globalization. The financial crisis of 2007 further exacerbated economic instability due to high foreign debt, lack of competitiveness, declining productivity, and high unemployment and underemployment. This in turn has precipitated increasing social and environmental problems, including poverty, inequality, crime and violence, and environmental degradation, all of which require new perspectives and policy approaches for transformative change and sustainable development. In the 2-volume multidisciplinary edited book The Modern Caribbean Economy, Volume I: Alternative Perspectives and Policy Implications provides scholars and practitioners with alternative theoretical perspectives and concrete policy recommendations, while Volume II: Economic Development and Public Policy Challenges discusses economic, industrial, and social problems facing the Caribbean along with pragmatic proposals to successfully deal with these, while building local resilience and enhancing institutional strength in the region..

* Caribbean * development strategies * economic development * institutional reforms * public policy * volatility

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