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UWI and FCIB join forces to conduct research on Caribbean region

For Release Upon Receipt - August 18, 2010

St. Augustine


The Faculty of Social Sciences at The University of the West Indies (UWI), St. Augustine Campus, in conjunction with the FirstCaribbean International Bank (FCIB), will host a public meeting to announce the findings of four research projects conducted under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between The UWI and FCIB.

Titled “UWI/FirstCaribbean International Bank: Partnering with the Private Sector  - Presentation of  Research Findings”, the event will take place on Monday 6th September, 2010 at 7.00 p.m. in the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), The UWI, St Augustine.

The UWI/FCIB MOU covered the period 2007 to 2009, during which time four research projects were ongoing, two from the St. Augustine Campus and two from the Cave Hill Campus. The two St. Augustine Campus projects are: “CARICOM Cross-Border Equity Flows” by Professor Patrick Watson and Ms Preeya Mohan; and “Oil Boom, Rebuilding a Culture of Entrepreneurship and the Need for Micro-financing in a Petroleum Rich Sub-economy” by Dr Roger Hosein, Mr Martin Franklin and Mr Justin Joseph. The two Cave Hill Campus projects are: “Attitudes and Preferences in relation to Internet Banking in the Caribbean” by Drs Justin Robinson & Winston Moore; and “Management Practices and the Performance of Mutual Funds in the Caribbean” by Dr Winston Moore.

Collaboration between The UWI and FCIB began in 2003 when an initial MOU was established in support of regional development and for the mutual benefit of both institutions. A new MOU was signed on May 13, 2010 for a further three-year period.

To get more information, or to confirm attendance, please email Chandradaye.Katwaroo-Ali@sta.uwi.edu or Sandra.Khan@sta.uwi.edu or call (868) 662-2002, Ext. 3755 or 3232.

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Over the last six decades, The University of the West Indies (UWI) has evolved from a fledgling college in Jamaica with 33 students to a full-fledged University with over 40,000 students. Today, UWI is the largest and most longstanding higher education provider in the English-speaking Caribbean, with main campuses in Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, and Centres in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Christopher (St Kitts) & Nevis, St Lucia, and St Vincent & the Grenadines. UWI recently launched its Open Campus, a virtual campus with over 50 physical site locations across the region, serving over 20 countries in the English-speaking Caribbean. UWI is an international university with faculty and students from over 40 countries and collaborative links with over 60 universities around the world. Through its seven Faculties, UWI offers undergraduate and postgraduate degree options in Engineering, Humanities & Education, Law, Medical Sciences, Pure & Applied Sciences, Science and Agriculture, and Social Sciences.

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