David Tennantis a senior lecturer in Economics at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, and was previously an economist in the Jamaican
Ministry of Finance and Planning. He has a strong background in quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. His areas of specialization include: Financing Development in Emerging Ma
rkets; Financial Crises; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Development; and Pensions Reform. He has published papers in journals such as:

• Journal of Banking and Finance;
• Journal of Economics and Business ;
• Journal of International Financial Markets,
• Institutions and Money; World Dev
• elopment;Applied Economics;
•  Applied Financial Economics;
• Journal of Developing Areas;
•  The Empirical Economics Letters;
•  Journal of Economic Issues;
• and Social and Economic Studies