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Think Tank Opens DoorsA rising regional policy research organisation has thrown open its doors in Barbados in the midst of concerns that Barbados and its neighbours are at a developmental cross road. Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), which was started less than three years ago in Kingston, Jamaica, is a public policy think tank seeking to change the way policy and decision making are currently done in the region. Officially opened last evening, it is now oper... |
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VOB Regional News - CaPRI BarbadosA new think tank has been established in the Eastern Caribbean, led by internationally-renowned economist Avinash Persaud. It's called the Caribbean Policy Research Institute - or CAPRI - whose newly established Barbados office comes less than three years after a similar office in Jamaica. Independently funded, they say their mission is to inform public debate with good policy options. |
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The Locus of Financial RegulationThe Locus of Financial Regulation, Whither the Caribbean? If the G’s are the world’s steering committee, the step from G7 to G20 deepened the democratic legitimacy of this committee. |
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The latest short-term economic data continues to send a strong signal of gathering economic recovery around the world. The signals are strong in both magnitude and in breadth. While 29 out of the 30 largest econo... » Read more |
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A new global governance was forged in the white heat of the financial crisis. G7 gave way to G20. Leaders representing 80% of the world’s population met and were resolute in calling for a global policy resp... » Read more |
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CaPRI Senior Fellow, Avinash Persaud Receives Silver Medal as Public Intellectual on the Financial Crisis in 20094 January, 2010 |
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Just In: CaPRI to Open Barbados Office & Appoints Senior FellowIn fulfilling its mandate of promoting development in Jamaica and the rest of the Caribbean, the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI), has appointed Avinash Persaud, Professor Emeritus of Gresham College, London and Visiting Fellow at the Centre for Financial Analysis and Policy, Cambridge University, as a CaPRI Senior Fellow. |
