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The CARICOM Single Market and Economy:
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Wednesday 31 March 2004 ... |
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8:00am-9:00am |
Registration |
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9:00am-9:45am |
Opening Ceremony |
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Chair |
Dr Patrick K. Watson, Director, SALISES |
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Opening Remarks |
Professor Andrew S. Downes, University Director, SALISES |
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Welcome |
Pro Vice Chancellor, Dr Bhoendradatt Tewarie, Campus Principal |
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Remarks |
Dr Hamid Ghany, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences |
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Formal Opening of Conference |
His Excellency The President of The Republic of Trinidad, Tobago Professor George Maxwell Richards |
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Closing Remarks |
Dr Patrick K. Watson |
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9.45am-10:30am |
Keynote Address: Reflections on the CARICOM
Single Market and Economy |
Professor Norman Girvan |
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10.30am-10:45am |
Coffee Break |
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10.45am-12.00 pm |
Session I • Sustainability Issues and the CSME |
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Chair |
Dr Patrick K. Watson |
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Can the CSME Provide a Basis for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean? |
Matthew Harvey |
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Why the CSME will fail and what can be done to rescue it |
Dennis Pantin |
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Size, Survival and Beyond: A Creole Strategy for CARICOM Regional Integration |
Patricia Northover |
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Discussion |
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12.00 pm-1.00 pm |
Lunch |
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1.00 pm-2.15 pm |
Session II • Trade Issues |
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Chair |
Professor Andrew S. Downes |
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Balance of Payments Adjustment in the Caribbean |
Derick Boyd, Ron Smith |
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The Role of Competition Policy in Regional Integration: The Case of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy |
Taimoon Stewart |
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The OECS Member States as a Group of Small Island Economies: A Comparative Analysis of the Perspectives of Special and Differential Treatment within the CSME, the FTAA and the EPA |
Jean-Michel Salmon |
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Discussion |
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2.15 pm-3:30 pm |
Session III • Regulatory Mechanisms in the Caribbean Sub-Region |
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Chair |
Mr Dennis Pantin |
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Withering in the Heat? In Search of the Regulatory State in the Commonwealth Caribbean |
Martin Lodge, Lindsay Stirton |
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Is a Monetary Union in CARICOM Desirable? |
Jean-Gabriel Montauban, Olivier Manioc |
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Regulating Government Procurement in the CARICOM: What lessons Can be Learnt from Jamaica? |
Philip Osei |
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Discussion |
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3.30 pm-3.45 pm |
Coffee Break |
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3.45 pm-5.00 pm |
Session IV • Governance and Law in the Era of CSME |
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Chair |
Dr Hamid Ghany |
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Governance Issues: Towards a CARICOM Parliament |
Ann Marie Bissessar |
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The Caribbean Court of Justice: Some Aspects of its Original Jurisdiction |
Cuthbert Joseph |
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A Critique of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ), with Special Reference to the European Court of Justice |
Victor Jordan |
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Discussion |
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5.00 pm-6.00 pm |
Cultural Interlude • Entertainment in the LRC Courtyard by local steelband and calypsonians. Light refreshments will be served. |
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6.00 pm-800 pm |
2004 Sir Arthur Lewis Distinguished Lecture:
Globalization: Prospects, Promise and Problems
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Professor William Baumol |
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