8:30 am Registration
9:00 am Welcome Address
- Dr Damien King (Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Economics)
- Mr Andrea Pellandra (Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC Santiago)
9:15 am Empirical Evidence of the Social and Income Distribution Effects of trade Policy: Transmission Channels and Case Studies
- Mr Andrea Pellandra (Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC Santiago)
9:45 am Discussion
10:00 am An Assessment of the Performance of CARICOM Extra-regional Trade Agreements
- Mr Sheldon McLean (ECLAC Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Port-of-Spain)
10:30 am Discussion
10:45 am Coffee Break
11:15 am Trade Liberalization in Jamaica
- Dr Marie Freckleton (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics)
11:45 am Discussion
12:00 noon Round Table: Ideas for Research Agenda on the Social Effects of Trade Policy in Jamaica
