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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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Think Tank Opens Doors
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VOB Regional News - CaPRI Barbados
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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. |
The Locus of Financial Regulation
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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. |
WHY THE EUROPLAN WILL WORK, DESPITE UNINTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO MAKE IT FAIL
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WHY THE EUROPLAN WILL WORK, DESPITE UNINTENTIONAL EFFORTS TO MAKE IT FAILThe €720bn of government-backed loan guarantees by EU Governments and, even more importantly, an open-ended commitment to buy European sovereign bonds by the ECB will do the trick. It will provide the time needed for Greece, Spain, Portugal and others to put together sustainable fiscal programs and breathing room in terms of lower interest rates and financing of upcoming debt repayments. Don't bet on the euro unrav... |
Bruce's Budget Battle
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Bruce's Budget BattleAchieving Fiscal Responsibility in Jamaica: the JDX and Beyond by the Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI). This important research paper, whose principal researcher was the University of the West Indies senior economics lecturer, Dr Damien King, draws heavily on cross-county studies. |
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CaPRI Analyzes the Jamaica Debt Exchange
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CaPRI Analyzes the Jamaica Debt ExchangeThe Jamaica Debt Exchange (JDX) has and will make a significant positive impact on the country’s debt situation, and has the potential to turn Jamaica back from the path of increasing indebte |
CaPRI Responds to Minister Shaw's Budget Presentation
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CaPRI Responds to Minister Shaw's Budget PresentationIn response to the presentation of the 2010/11 Budget tabled by Minister of Finance and Planning, the Hon. Audley Shaw on April 8, 2010, Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) would like to comment on a few key points.
Our research suggests that the administration's aggressive privatization strategy is an appropriate and vital first step in addressing the country’s debt problem. Soon to b... |
CaPRI Senior Fellow, Avinash Persaud Receives Silver Medal as Public Intellectual on the Financial Crisis in 2009
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CaPRI Senior Fellow, Avinash Persaud Receives Silver Medal as Public Intellectual on the Financial Crisis in 20094 January, 2010 |