The effects of the global pandemic have severely impacted every aspect
of Barbadian lives and livelihoods. This research intends to bring attention to the
gendered impact of COVID-19 in Barbados. The methodology includes a review
of literature from national and regional newspapers, non-governmental organisation
(NGO) websites, and government communication papers and web pages to create
the context of the discussion, as well as interviews with NGOs, which provide the

 
The Public Assistance Grant (PAG) is an unconditional cash
transfer existing for over 70 years in Trinidad and Tobago. Non-state actors
(NSAs) provide insights about their engagements with the poor, some of whom
are beneficiaries of the PAG. The aim of this article is to elevate efficiency
standards in the delivery of the PAG through understanding the differences between
the practices administered through the PAG and those that reflect the everyday
experiences of the poor who are in need of welfare services based on the insights from

 
This research sought to assess the institutional performance of the
Government of Jamaica’s temporary cash transfer mechanism, the COVID-19
Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, which was introduced
in response to the economic and social shock occasioned by the COVID-19
pandemic. By largely drawing on thematically analysed qualitative secondary data
and a modified version of the “4Es” (economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity)
approach developed by the Department for International Development as a frame

 
The economies of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States
(OECS) have been significantly impacted by the coronavirus disease 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic. The economic impacts have been manifested through
significant declines in employment and gross domestic product levels. Declining
economic outcomes imply that the COVID-19 pandemic represents a significant
negative global shock that further limits these economies’ ability to achieve
United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Given the economic long-term

This article proposes that communication apprehension and communication competence influence student academic stress. The model also proposes that state self-esteem moderates the relationship between communication apprehension and student academic stress and that between communication competence and student academic stress. Moderation analysis was applied to data collected from eighty undergraduate psychology students in a final-year psychology course at a Caribbean university.