PROCEEDINGS
DAY ONE- OCTOBER 7, 2010
Feature Presenter
Feature Address to COTE- Dr. Compton Bourne
Panel 1: Caribbean Economic Situation & Projections
Business Cycle Dynamics in Trinidad and Tobago - Dr. Alvin Hilaire
Fiscal Consolidation with Medium term growth in the Caribbean - Mr. Dillon Alleyne
Jamaica and the Global Financial Crisis - Dr. Gene Leon
Panel 2: International Trade Issues
RCA Persistence and the Dutch Disease in a small oil-based economy and the associated policy implications - Mr. Damie Sinanan and Dr. Roger Hosein
An investigation into the Real Natural Trading Partner of selected CARICOM countries. - Mr. Jeetendra Khadan
International Trade: Grappling with Current Issues - Mr. Norris Herbert
Panel 3: Challenges to Development
Patterns of Caribbean Livelihoods- Ms. Corine Gregoire
Poverty and the Environment in the Caribbean: Identifying a framework for Sustainable Development - Ms. Donna Ramjattan
Governance and National Budgeting - Trinidad and Tobago in an International Comparative Context - Ms. Malini Maharaj
MFIs, sustainable economic development and disaster risk management in the Caribbean - Dr. Marlene Attz
Business Forum: Facing up to the Diversification Challenge – Issues for Trinidad & Tobago and the Wider Caribbean
The Diversification Promise: New Business Opportunities - Ms. Angella Persad
The Diversification Challenge for Caribbean Economies - Dr. Ramdath Dwarka
Meeting the Diversification Challenge: Lessons From Point Lisas - Mr. Gregory McGuire
Economic Policy Formation and Programme Implementation in the Context of the Caribbean Reality - Mr. Kelvin Sergeant
DAY TWO - OCTOBER 8, 2010
Panel 1: Labour and Human Capital Development
Ten Portals of Entry to Potentially Fruitful Analysis / Discourse on Labour and Human Capital Development - Dr. Roy D. Thomas
Facilitating informal sector traders in the Caribbean: the case of Guyana, Dominica and Jamaica - Mr. Martin Franklin
Labour and Human Capital Development: Examining the Levels of Human Capital Development in Trinidad and Tobago - Ms. Rosa Mae Whittier
Caribbean Embassies: Bridging the gap between the Caribbean Diaspora and the Home Country as part of an initiative to stimulate growth and development in the region - Ms. Samantha C. Joseph
Panel 2: The Diversification Challenges for Caribbean Economies – Cultural Aspects
Transforming Attitude, reframing actions: a pathway to cultural sector development : Dr. Suzanne Burke
Strengthening the Creative Economy: The Role of ICTs and IPRs - Mr. Brian Khan
Panel 3: In search of an Appropriate Regime for Caribbean Economic Diversification
How Many Caribbeans in the Second Decade of the 21st Century? vulnerable? resilient? informal and/or illegal? -Professor Timothy Shaw
DAY THREE- OCTOBER 9, 2010
Panel 1: Role of the Departments of Economics in Charting the Way Forward for Caribbean Development
The Role of the Department of Economics in Development - Mr. Martin Franklin
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