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UWI SALISES 22nd Annual Conference: "Re-imagining Development for Small Island Developing States (SIDs): Post-Pandemic Transformations"

The University of the West Indies’ Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) presents its 22ndAnnual Conference in a virtual format this year. Titled, Re-imagining Development for Small Island Developing States (SIDs): Post-Pandemic Transformations, the conference features speakers:

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A World In Turmoil
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