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Intro -- Contents -- 1: Where Is the Caribbean? -- 2: History of CARICOM -- 3: How CARICOM Works -- 4: CARICOM Economies -- 5: CARICOM Politics -- 6: CARICOM and the Environment -- 7: Health in the Caribbean -- 8: The Future of CARICOM -- Chronology -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Further Reading -- Picture Credits -- Index -- About the Contributors.

Cover -- CONTENTS -- BUILDING EX-ANTE RESILIENCE TO NATURAL DISASTERS -- A. Introduction -- B. Resilient Investment: Model Simulations -- C. Quantifying Insurance Needs: A Layering Framework -- D. Conclusions: Putting it all Together -- References -- APPENDICES -- I. Model Assumptions -- II. Parameter Calibration -- III. Insurance Simulation Methodology -- RESILIENT FISCAL FRAMEWORKS FOR THE ECCU: A ROADMAP -- A. Introduction -- B. Diagnosing ECCU's Fiscal Problems -- C. International Experience with Fiscal Responsibility Frameworks -- D. Designing Resilient Fiscal Frameworks for the ECCU -- E. Concluding Remarks -- References -- BOX -- 1. Options for Escape Clauses for Natural Disasters in the FRFs -- APPENDICES -- I. Tools Used to Evaluate the Fiscal Framework Design -- II Analysis of ECCU-6 Fiscal Performance -- III. Institutional Factors to Underpin the ECCU FRFs.

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Intro -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- SECTION 1: HISTORY AND METHODOLOGY -- Gender in Caribbean History -- Sex and Gender in the Historiography of Caribbean Slavery -- Dress as Jamaican History -- Women's History in Puerto RicanHistoriography: The Last Thirty Years -- Gender and Memory: Oral History and Women's History -- SECTION 2: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES -- Mères Pacifiques, Femmes Rebelles?: Women in Pre-Colonial Africa- An Overview -- The Sociology of Gender: Theoretical Perspectives and Feminist Frameworks -- Women and Difference in Caribbean Gender Theory: Notes towards a Strategic Universalist Feminism -- Gender Politics and Imperial Politics: Rethinking the Histories of Empire -- Writing Gender into History: The Negotiation of Gender Relations among Indian Men and Women in Post-Indenture Trinidad Society, 1917-47 -- SECTION 3: WOMEN, COLONISATION AND REPRESENTATION -- Women in Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin America and the Caribbean -- 'The Eye of the Beholder': Contemporary European Images of Black Women -- Gender and Representation in European Accounts of Pre-Emancipation Jamaica -- 'But Most of all Mi Love Mi Browning': The Emergence in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-century Jamaica of th eMulatto Woman as Desired -- White Women and Colonialism: Towardsa Non-Recuperative History -- SECTION 4: WOMEN AND ENSLAVEMENT -- The Black Woman: Demographic Profile,Occupation and Abuse -- Women in New World Slavery -- Enslaved Women on Jamaican Pens -- Women, the Womb and Weaning: Natural Increase on Eighteenth-century Sugar Plantations -- Street Vendors, Pedlars, Shop-Owners and Domestics: Some Aspects of Women's Economic Roles in Nineteenth-century San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1820-70 -- Enslaved African Women in Cuban Economy during the Nineteenth Century.

I am delighted to welcome Associate EditorDr Chandana Jayawardena as Guest Editorof this unique collection of articles on''Tourism and Hospitality Management in theCaribbean''. In keeping with our goals,Chandi has assembled an outstanding teamof practitioners and academics and togetherthey provide a rich array of insights on thechallenges facing tourism in the region

Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Contributors -- 1 Unleashing Strong, Sustainable, and Inclusive Growth in the Caribbean -- 2 Reinvigorating Growth in the Caribbean -- 3 Caribbean Tourism in the Global Marketplace: Trends, Drivers, and Challenges -- 4 Cuba Awakening: Potential Risks and Opportunities -- 5 Fiscal Challenges in the Caribbean: Coping with Natural Disasters -- 6 Tax Incentives: To Use or Not to Use? -- 7 Managing Economic Citizenship Program Inflows: Reducing Risk and Maximizing Benefits -- 8 Debt Restructuring in the Caribbean—The Recent Experience -- 9 Financial Development and Inclusion in the Caribbean -- 10 Financial Interconnectedness in the Caribbean: Challenges for Financial Stability -- 11 Problem Loans in the Caribbean: Determinants, Impact, and Strategies for Resolution -- 12 Loss of Correspondent Banking Relationships in the Caribbean: Trends, Impact, and Policy Options -- 13 Energy Diversification: Macro-Related Challenges -- 14 Emigration and Remittances in the Caribbean -- 15 Violence in the Caribbean: Cost and Impact -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction: the limits and possibilities of regional integration -- PART 1 The long fraught road of Caribbean integration -- 2 CARICOM and that vexing issue of size and viability -- 3 CARICOM beyond the CSME -- PART 2 Towards a more political integration -- 4 Political union: the road not travelled by the West Indian Commission -- 5 The Agony of the Fifteen: the crisis of implementation -- 6 Beyond Westminster in the Caribbean: a perspective on the regional project -- PART 3 Development and regional integration: possible futures -- 7 Assessing the developmental potential of the FTAA and EPA for small developing states -- 8 The Caribbean-EU relationship: towards a more sovereign Caribbean -- 9 Rethinking development and the regional integration project -- Index.

"Thoroughly reviews regional integration efforts by Caribbean nations. Analyzes Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and points out their weaknesses. Argues for the need for a regional ideology, including a pan-national identity, agreed-upon explanations for causes of shared past problems and ways to solve them, and consensus on building successful regional integration"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57