Call for Papers

Conference Themes

Poverty Reduction, Income Distribution and Intergroup Inequality in the Caribbean
Labour and Migration Nexus in the Caribbean
Pursuing Diversification and Development through culture
Export-led development in the Caribbean and global value chains
Deepening Caribbean Regional Integration in the eclipse of the North Atlantic
Trans-nationalisation and the Underground Economy in the Caribbean
Education and Human Resource Development for Caribbean competitiveness (accepting abstracts for poster and publication only)

Abstract Submission - 19th August 2013

Completed Papers due - 30th September 2013

Submission of Power Point presentations - 4th October 2013

Abstracts may be submitted for main presentation, or poster presentation.

All Abstracts should be submitted in English.
Abstracts should be limited to 250 words;
Abstracts should indicate the conference theme under which it is being submitted.
Names of all the authors and the contact information of the lead author should be indicated.
Abstracts should detail the aims, methodology and findings.
All abstracts and papers should be submitted to cote@sta.uwi.edu
Download guidelines for poster presentation

All Papers should be submitted in English
Title page must contain the full title; the affiliation and address of all author(s) as well as the name and full postal address of the author who would be responsible for correspondence and correcting of proofs.
Papers are to be submitted in headed sections and be no more than 30 pages in length typed in 12pt font with double line spacing and 2cm margin, inclusive of all charts, tables, references and appendices.
Tables and Figures should be included in the body of the text with short titles, sources of information. Tables and figures should be formatted in black and white.
Equations formatting of formulae in terms of type size, aligned and brackets etc should be used consistently throughout the document.
Short quotation should be enclosed in quotation marks and incorporated in the text. Longer quotations (more than 50 words) should be indented from both margins with no quotation marks. (all double spaced).
References are to be cited using the author date system.
All papers accepted would be considered for publication.

Method of Selection and Notice to Presenters

A Panel will review all submissions and make the final selection
Selection will be based on criteria such as relevance to the Conference theme, applicability to the Caribbean Economies and its ability to be published.
Individuals whose abstracts have been chosen would be notified via email no later than September 9th 2013.
On notification presenters would be required to submit the completed paper and power point presentation no later than October 4th 2013.
All papers accepted would be considered for publication in a special edition of an International Journal and presenters are expected to allow the Department of Economics to reproduce for future promotional purposes.
The Department will provide all audio and visual equipment needed