The disproportionate increase in urbanized areas in relation to populations resulting in the spread of low-density urban settlements is recognized...
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The study focuses on migrants’ contributions to Jamaica’s development from the ECLAC perspective on the contributions of international migration...
En este estudio se analizan las repercusiones económicas generales de la inversión privada en la industria hotelera de Jamaica. En particular, en...
Flooding as an extreme event has become progressively evident in the Caribbean sub-region, as a result of an increased number of intense rainfall...
This study identifies the critical success factors that have resulted in the global competitiveness and sustainability of individuals, firms and...
Evidence suggests that labour markets do not clear as posited by conventional microeconomics. The enduring inter-industry wage differentials (IIWD...
This project, "Sustainable Energy in the Caribbean", implemented by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the...
Este informe es parte de una serie de estudios de caso nacionales cuyo propósito es difundir el conocimiento sobre la situación actual de los...
Climate change is a naturally occurring phenomenon in which the earth‘s climate goes through cycles of warming and cooling; these changes usually...
Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global...
This report analyses the agriculture, health and tourism sectors in Jamaica to assess the potential economic impacts of climate change on the...
This study examined the causal link between consumer confidence and GDP in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago in the context of the vector...
The Barbados Programme of Action (BPoA) for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) identifies energy management as a critical issue in achieving...
This report was prepared on the request of the Government of Jamaica following the declaration
of the state of emergency in the parishes of...
Jamaica, as a result of its location in the north-western Caribbean basin, is prone to numerous specific natural hazards. These include...
Abstract
This document analyses development banking in Jamaica, identifying its weaknesses and proposes solutions to address its...
Jamaica has abundant renewable energy sources (RES), which have hardly been tapped in the past and could provide for large shares of the future...
The mission was made at the request of the Jamaican Government, undertaken with the UNDP
with a group of multi-sectoral, inter-institutional...
Executive summary
The main objective of this study on 'Growth and Employment' is to determine the ability of the Jamaican economy...
Introduction
The history of economic policy in Jamaica since World War II, viewed at some distance, reflects the broad sweep of fashion in...