Refereed Journals

“Adjustment with a Human Face: Evidence from Jamaica ” with Sudhanshu Handa, World Development , Vol. 31, No. 7, July 2003.

“The Welfare Effects of Balance of Payments Reform: A Macro-Micro Simulation of the Cost of Rent-Seeking,” with Sudhanshu Handa, Journal of Development Studies , Vol. 39, No. 3, February 2003.

“The Evolution of Structural Adjustment and Stabilization Policy in Jamaica ,” Social and Economic Studies , Vol. 50, No. 1, March 2001.

“Changes in the Distribution of Income and the New Economic Model in Jamaica ,” with Sudhanshu Handa, Social and Economic Studies , Vol. 50, No. 1, March 2001.

“Structural Adjustment Policies, Income Distribution, and Poverty: The Jamaican Experience,” with Sudhanshu Handa, World Development , Vol. 25, No. 6, June 1997.

“Macroeconomic Adjustment in Externally-Dependent Economies with Parallel Exchange Rates,” Social and Economic Studies , Vol. 43 No. 1, March 1994.

Edited Collections

“Globalization and the Macroeconomy,” Jamaica Human Development Report 2005 , UNDP and the Planning Institute of Jamaica , 2005.

“Libralización de la Balanza de Pagos, Pobreza y Distribución en Jamaica,” with Sudhanshu Handa, in Enrique Ganuza, Ricardo Paes de Barros, Lance Taylor, Rob Vos (eds.), Liberalización, Desigualdad y Pobreza: América Latina y el Caribe en los 90 , PNUD, 2001.

“Reforma Macroeconómica y Pobreza en Jamaica : Disempeño y Perspectivas 1989-2001,” in Enrique Ganuza, Lance Taylor, and Samuel Morley (eds.), Política Macroeconómica y Pobreza en América Latina y el Caribe, 1980-1996 , PNUD, 1998, pgs. 541-574.

Conference
and
Working Papers

“Informal Investment Schemes in Jamaica,” with Latoya Richards, Caribbean Policy Research Institute , January 2008.

“Fragile States in Latin America and the Caribbean,” Global Development Conference , Beijing, China, January 20-27, 2007.

“The Appropriateness of the MDGs in the Caribbean Context,” Poverty Reduction and Social Protection Network Caribbean Meeting , Kingston , Jamaica , February 23-24, 2006.

“The Paradox of Declining Inequality in Jamaica ,” Conference of the Latin American Studies Association 1998 , Chicago , Ill. , USA , September 24-26, 1998.

“The Evolution of Poverty in Jamaica in the 1990s” Poverty Eradication Conference , Kingston , Jamaica , October 28, 1998.

“Trade Liberalization and Investment in Jamaica and Mexico with Reference to the Garment Industry,” Mexico – Caribbean Trade Relations , Port-of-Spain, Trinidad , June 23-24, 1997 .

“Towards a New Political Economy for the Caribbean,” New Currents in Caribbean Thought, Looking Towards the 21 st Century: A Symposium on Politics, Culture, and Society , Michigan State University , Lansing , Michigan , USA , April 4-5, 1997 .

“The Labour Market in Jamaica Before and After Structural Adjustment,” The Impact of Structural Adjustment on Labour Markets and Income Distribution in Latin America . San Jose , Costa Rica , September 7-9, 1994 .

“The Transmission of Monetary Signals in a Developing Economy,” Regional Programme of Monetary Studies Conference , Kingston , Jamaica , November, 1994.

“Caribbean Dependency Theory: From Theory to Practice , Jamaica 1960-1980,” Ontario Co-operative Program in Latin American and Caribbean Studies Spring Seminar . Toronto , Canada , March 20-21, 1987.

Unpublished

“The Feasibility of Achieving the Millenneum Development Goals in Jamaica: A Model Approach,” with Sudhanshu Handa, February 2007.

“How Sweet is it? The Elimination of EU Sugar Trade Preferences in Jamaica” with Sudhanshu Handa, University of North Carolina, March 2006.

“Jamaica: Globalization, Liberalization, and Sustainable Human Development in Jamaica,” with David Bloom, Ahay Mahal, Fiorina Mugioni, Aldrie Henry-Lee, Dillon Alleyne, and Philip Castillo, UNDP-UNCTAD. June 2001.

“Globalization, Trade Policy, and Sustainable Human Development in Jamaica ,” UNDP, UNCTAD, University of the West Indies . March 2001.

“Macroeconomic Policy and Poverty in Jamaica : An Evaluation of Options,” with Sudhanshu Handa, World Bank and University of the West Indies . February 2000.

“Critical Issues for Investment and Growth in Jamaica ,” January 1998.

“Liberalization and the Informal Sector: A Trade Theory Approach,” October 1996.

“A Note on the Regional Dichotomy in Inflation Rates in the Third World ,” United Nations, April 1990.

“The Influence of Monetary Changes on Parallel Market Exchange Rates and Output,” New York University , February 1990.

“A Macroeconomic Planning Model for Jamaica,” with Lorents Lorentsen, National Planning Agency, Kingston, Jamaica, and Government of Norway, Oslo, Norway, 1979.

Non-academic Publications

“Foreign Economic Trends: Jamaica ,” United States Department of Commerce, Washington , D.C. , July 1982.

“Foreign Economic Trends: Jamaica ,” United States Department of Commerce, Washington , D.C. , September 1981.

“Central Government Finance” in Economic and Social Survey Jamaica , National Planning Agency, Kingston , Jamaica , 1980.

Other Presentations

“Seven Habits of Rapidly Growing Economies,” Partnership for Progress National Consultation, 2004.

“Growth Prospects for Jamaica ,” Jamaica Chamber of Commerce Annual Power Breakfast, Kingston , 2002.

"Wealth Creation," Private Sector Organization of Jamaica Annual Seminar, Kingston , 1998.

"Bailouts," St Mary Parish Library, Port Maria, St Mary, 1998.

"Elements of Growth," Dengigh High School Commencement Address, Denbigh, Clarendon, 1998.

"Picking Winners," Lions Club of New Kingston Annual Dinner, Kingston , 1998.