Proceedings
Feature Speaker
Mr. Euric Bobb– Former Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago
Session 1: Review of the Economy
Chair – Mr. Gregory McGuire
Mr. Burt van Selm – Overview of the International Economy
Mr. Michael Hendrickson – Overview of the Regional Economy
Dr. Roger Hosein – Overview of the National Economy
Session 2: Poverty & Income Distribution
Chair – Dr. Daren Conrad
Dr. Dylan Kerrigan – Prejudice against the poor
Mr. Timothy Woolford & Mr. Martin Franklin - Meaning and Measurement of Social Cohesion in a Caribbean Contex
Mr. Keron Victor & Dr. Ralph Henry – Urbanization and Entrepreneurship in the African Diaspora in the US and Caribbean
Session 3: Health & Poverty
Chair: Mrs. Patrica Edwards-Wescott
Dr. Henry Bailey & Dr. Althea La Foucade - Rationing in Healthcare – Whether We Know it or Not. The Case for Explicit Prioritization.
Mrs. Roxanne Brizan & Dr. Althea La Foucade - Healthcare Access Inequities: Multi-Island Micro Caribbean States.
Prof. Karl Theodore and Ms. Charmaine Metivier - Chronic Disease Assistance Programmes in Trinidad and Tobago: Stakeholders’ Perspective.
Dr. Henry Bailey - A Cost Utility Analysis Framework for Prioritization of Health Programmes: Based on Societal Preferences from Trinidad and Tobago.
Session 4: Education & Human Resource Development
Chair – Ms. Vanessa Baird
Dr. Nicole Smith - Personality, early childhood development and the labor market
Dr. Daren Conrad - Education & Human Resource Development: Where is the Caribbean in Relation to Other Countries?
Ms. Nisa Seupaul - Education and Human Resource Development
Session 5: Poverty & Sustainable Livelihood
Chair – Dr. Kevin Williams
Mr. Sean Scott & Dr. Roger Hosein - Community Based Ecotourism and Poverty Alleviation in Grande Riviere
Ms. Sherry Ann Ganase & Dr. Sandra Sookram – Assessing The Vulnerability Level In Coastal Communities In The Caribbean: A Case Study of San Pedro, Belize
Ms. Donna Ramjattan -The Poverty-Environment Nexus in the context of two Caribbean islands
Session 6: Pursuing Diversification in an Export –led Development Thrust
Chair – Dr. Regan Deonanan
Ms. Aisha Stewart - Export Potential of the Services Sector
Ms. Elizabeth Ince & Dr. Roger Hosein - The Dutch Disease and Domestic Agriculture - Food Security in a small petroleum exporting economy
Mrs. Indera Sagewan Ali – Doing Diversification Differently
Session 7: Deepening Caribbean Regional Integration in the Eclipse of the North Atlantic
Chair – Dr. Anne Marie Mohammed
Dr. Regan Deonanan - Business Cycle Symmetry in the Caribbean - Is CSME a feasible Optimum Currency Area
Ms. Ranita Seecharan & Dr. Roger Hosein - An assessment of CARICOM’s extra regional
intra industry trade (IIT): A panel data approach
Dr. Annita Montoute - Shifting relations, New players: The Future of Caribbean Regional Integration
