Caribbean Political Economy

Apr 14

Lessons of Cricket World Cup 2007

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Published in the Sunday Guardian (Trinidad), April 14, 2007; p.12

CWC 2007 is a salutary lesson to the Caribbean on dealing with globalisation. Hosting of the tournament provided an excellent opportunity to showcase the region and develop non-traditional tourism markets. But it is turning out to be a financial and public relations disaster. The blame game is on and the International Cricket Council (ICC) is being made out to be the villain.

I do not agree. If there was a bad agreement with the ICC, it is we in the Caribbean who must take the responsibility for having negotiated it…

lessons-of-cwc-2007.doc


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Apr 10

Lloyd Best, LNG and Jamaica-T&T Relations

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Published in the Sunday Guardian (Trinidad) April 10, 2007

In this week’s column I propose to review four items that appeared in the Jamaican press
in the week of March 25-30, and their coverage in the T&T press in the same week. I use
this to make some observations on relations between the two countries and within
Caricom….

lloyd-best-lng-and-jamaica-tt-relations.pdf

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Apr 08

Lloyd Best and the birth of the New World Group

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From Trinidad and Tobago Review, April 2007; special issue on the passing of Lloyd Best.

The 1960s in the Anglophone Caribbean was a time of transition—psychological, no less than political. The old colonial order was in dying, but there was much debate over what would replace it. What kind of societies and economies could, and should, be shaped once political independence was attained? Was Westminster democracy an appropriate form of government for the West Indies? Could politicians be trusted with their newlyacquired power? Could economic regionalism be a substitute for the failed West Indies Federation? Was there such a thing as a ‘West Indian identity’ and what was the role of the artist in reflecting and shaping it? What about Rastafarianism and pan-Africanism?

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