Problem

Many Jamaicans who migrate, becoming diasporas or immigrant,dream of starting their own businesses. However, some face challenges in the entrepreneurial process that frustrate start up and growth, forcing them to the periphery. That is, in terms of proximity to resources and networks for overcoming challenges, such as access to finance and liabilities of foreignness, size and newness. So, how do diaspora/immigrant entrepreneurs from the periphery and non-mainstream markets emerge, survive and grow in adopted countries?

Caribbean businesses face a number of challenges in growing and internationalising to foreign markets. This qualitative study adopts an ethnographic approach focused on the Jamaica National Bank Ltd,and its emergence and spread from Jamaica to global markets.

It has been argued that foreign direct investment (FDI) can exert upward or downward pressure on the domestic interest rate depending onforeign investors' relative weights on internal and external finance with respect to the domestic economy. It has also been argued that a country's level of institutional uncertainty influences firms' ability to obtain external finance. We empirically test the hypothesis that institutional uncertainty matters in the association between the domestic interest rate and FDI flows.

Jamaica uses almost one billion PET bottles each year. Improper disposal of these bottles results in blocked drainages, which leads to floods, in polluted beaches, and in the creation of breeding sites for disease-carrying insects such as the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, facilitating the spread of diseases like Zika and dengue fever. It is estimated that tens of millions of dollars could be saved each year if PET bottles alone were diverted from the country’s waste stream.

In 2017, CAPRI produced a study which sought to find how innovation could help address Jamaica’s pervasive corruption problem. Having assessed the corruption situation in Jamaica and examined what the existing anti-corruption framework allows, we proposed the implementation of a Citizen Feedback Monitoring Program (CFMP), which would address petty corruption across the country’s governmental agencies and services.

INTRODUCTION

Reform is gradually transforming local government to local governance and ultimately to developmental local governance.

RESEARCH FOCUS AND OBJECTIVE

The objective of the research was to determine how, and to what extent, have the constitutional and legislative enactments facilitated local government change.

RESEARCH METHODS

The research deployed empirical and desk analyses of legal and constitutional provisions concerning Caribbean local governments.

FINDINGS

This research examines the practice of international election observation in a Caribbean context. Previous research has focused primarily on Latin American and African states with little mention of the Caribbean reality.

Problem

Jamaica continues to experience high levels of crime and Montego Bay represents one of the main crime hotspots. Given Montego Bay’s crime problems, the marketing of this destination is problematic.

Method

In-depth interviews and desk research were utilisedwith the Hot Spots Theory for elucidating the dichotomous problem of crime versus tourism.

Key Results

Background