“Effects of Monetary Policy, Structural Changes and Hurricanes on Tourism and Economic Growth of Jamaica” is the title of the inaugural professorial lecture being delivered by Dr. Edward Ghartey, Professor of Economics, UWI, Mona. The Lecture takes place on Friday, January 21, 2011 at 3 pm at the Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, UWI, Mona.

The lecture will examine the causal relationships among economic growth, tourism expansion, the real exchange rates, structural changes and hurricanes effect in Jamaica over the period 1963 to 2008.

The university community and the public are invited to attend. For more details on the Lecture interested persons may telephone the Faculty of Social Sciences Office at 977-0640.

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