Potential labour market entrants make decisions based partially on their expected returns. This paper estimates rates of private returns for public, private, self-employed, and own account workers, using the 2001 census for Jamaica. Pay differentials are identified to exist between public and private sectors, and the self-employed and own account workers. In particular, the public sector pays a significant premium, which is likely reflective of its assessment of the quality of education at the tertiary level, as well as the government’s significant investment in tertiary education.

This essay examines the ramifications for Diasporic relations of US African Americans’ investment in tourism as a means of supporting Haiti’s sovereignty and economy. It analyzes the deployment of touristic tropes in prominent US African American writing about Haiti during the US Occupation, primarily James Weldon Johnson’s 1920 condemnation of the Occupation in the Nation and the Crisis, and two works of children’s literature, Arna Bontemps and Langston Hughes’ Popo and Fifina (1931) and Mary and John Jaspers’ Henry and Henrietta: the Shield Alley Twins (1933-1934).

This study investigated Guyanese children’s play encounters. It argues

that children’s play encounters challenge adult-centric notions of play as

trivial. Twelve five-year-olds from one private nursery school participated

in the study. The study draws upon ethnographic data obtained through

participant observations and photo-elicited interviews. Findings revealed

that play provided a context for re-enactments of children’s lived

The Convention on the Rights of the Child promotes the protection,

provision and participation rights of children. Although all are equally

important, participation rights have received the least attention in the

literature and policy arena. The aim of this study is to evaluate the level of

adherence to child participation rights in Jamaica. Data sources included

elite interviews, in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and a review

This study investigated Guyanese children’s play encounters. It argues

that children’s play encounters challenge adult-centric notions of play as

trivial. Twelve five-year-olds from one private nursery school participated

in the study. The study draws upon ethnographic data obtained through

participant observations and photo-elicited interviews. Findings revealed

that play provided a context for re-enactments of children’s lived

There have been few studies of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). Many of them

are based on young adult recall and are generally approached from a bio

psychosocial perspective. This has resulted in children’s participation (CP)

in CSA prevention initiatives being left largely unexplored. To explore the

viability of CP within these initiatives this study adopted a unique and

holistic participatory action research approach with children in South