Short articles and commentaries
1. “The Guyana-Alcan Conflict and the Nationalization of Demba”, New World Quarterly, 5, 4 (1971); reprinted in R. Lewis and T. Munroe (Eds.) Readings in Government and Politics of the West Indies, Mona: Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, 1971, pp. 225-232; and The Review of Black Political Economy, New York, Winter, 1971; and in Spanish in Estudios Internacionales, No. 19, July - September 1972. Santiago, Chile.
2. “Norman Girvan speaks on Nationalization of Demba”. Pagoda, Kingston, July 1971; 10-14
3. “The Denationalization of Caribbean Bauxite: Alcoa in Guyana”, New World Quarterly 5, 3 (1971), pp. 35-48.
4. “What Mr. Manley should do with bauxite”. Pagoda, Kingston, April 1972.
5. “White Magic: The Caribbean and Modern Technology”, in Caribbean Issues Related to UNCTAD IV: Papers Presented at a Seminar at the University of the West Indies, Mona; February 5-7; 1976. Mona: Institute of Social and Economic Research, 1976. 143-157.
6. “Every Case a Special Case?” Mazingira, No. 8 (1979), pp. 11-17.
7. “TNCs in a Changing World Economic Environment: Issues for Research an Analysis”, The CTC Reporter, No. 13 (Fall 1982).
8. “TNCs and the Implementation of the International Development Strategy”, The CTC Reporter, No. 17, (Spring 1984).
9. “The Jamaican Production Levy - A View of the Past, a Vision of the Future”, The JBI Journal, 3, 1 (1984), pp. 15-29.
10. “Transnational Corporations and the Transfer of Technology”, The CTC Reporter, No. 19, (Spring 1985).
11. “TNCs and transfer of technology to developing countries: a brief review”, The CTC Reporter, No. 21, (Spring 1986).
12. “Crisis y Ajuste en la Economia Jamaiquina, 1973-1986″, in Estrategias Para La Superacion de la Crisis Economica Dominicana, Santo Domingo, 1986.
13. “Comment on Carrington, Baptiste and Eltis”, Social and Economic Studies; 37, 1 & 2, March-June 1988.
14. “Sir Arthur Lewis: A Personal Appreciation”, in Sir Arthur Lewis. The Simplicity of Genius. Barbados: Caribbean Studies Association; Issued on the occasion of the XIV Annual Conference, 23-26 May 1989; 19-26.
15. “National Conservation Strategy: A Political Economy Perspective”. The Money Index. Kingston, May 8, 1990; 3-4, 14;
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16. “Traditional Economic Thought and the Need for Change”, in S. Francis-Hinds (ed.) Environment - The Message and the Media: A Caribbean Perspective. Barbados: Carimac/UWI and Caribbean Conservation Association, 1991.
17. “Caribbean Integration: Rhetoric or Reality?” in Caribbean Labour Journal, 1, 1; 1991; pp. 4-9. (Also in The Money Index. Kingston, April 9, 1991; 3-4
18. “Comments” in International Monetary and Financial Issues for the 1990s: Proceedings of a Conference sponsored by the Group of Twenty-Four on the occasion of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Bretton Woods Conference. New York: United Nations, 1994; 120-121; 309
19. “Caribbean-Central American Relations and the FTAA”, in The Caribbean, Central America, and the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas. Kingston: FES, 1998.
20. “Space for ACE?” Marronage, No. 1, 1998; xi-xv.
21. “Counter-Globalization”, South Letter, Volumes 1 & 2, 1999; 23-24.
22. “Globalisation with a human face: review of the UNDP Human Development Report, 1999”. Third World Economics, 215, August 16-31, 1999; 11-12.
23. “Ideas and Imagination”. Remarks on receiving the George Beckford Award of the Association of Caribbean Economists, Martinique, November 9, 1999. ACE Bulletin No.9, October 2001; 5-9.
24. “Children of Bolivar and Garvey”, Pensamiento Propio 10, July-December 1999. Spanish version in same journal as “Hijos de Bolivar y Garvey”.
25. “Remembering C.L.R. James”. Prepared for delivery at Seminar on Remembering C.L.R. James, Department of Behavioural Sciences, UWI, St. Augustine, May 8, 2000.On-line at http://www.acs-aec.org/About/SG/Girvan/Speeches/clr_james_eng.htm
26. “Out of what is lost grows something stronger”, (Feature Address) in The Cropper Foundation: Launch of the Foundation and a Celebration of Artists and Writing, September 1, 2000. Port of Spain: The Cropper Foundation, 2000
27. “The FTAA’s Blank Areas”, Capitulos, (Caracas: SELA) 63: September-December 2001; 85-90.
28. “Deconstructing Globalization: A Postscript to the Malaysia Seminar on Globalization and South-South Cooperation”, in South Centre High Level Policy Forum; Dead Sea Jordan, 14-15 January 2003. Geneva: South Centre, 2003: 57-65
29. “Reflections on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy”, Keynote Address, SALISES 5th Annual Conference, March 31, 2004. Trinidad and Tobago Review, Vol. 26 No. 4; April 5, 2004; pp. 16-19. Also at http://sta.uwi.edu/salises/workshop/csme/paper/ngirvan.pdf
30. “Small Islands: A Threatened Species in a Globalised World”, Keynote Address, International Small Islands Studies Association, Kinmen Island (Quemoy), Taiwan, November 4, 2005; in Trinidad and Tobago Review, February 14, 2005; pp. 13-15. Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
31. “Reflections on the pursuit of conflict prevention in the Greater Caribbean”, Human Rights Tribune des droits humains, Volume 11, Nº 2; Spring 2005. Internet http://www.hri.ca/tribune/onlineissue/25_05_2005/Norman%20Girvan%20article.html
32. “Special and Differential Treatment: Provisions in CARICOM”, In OECD Global Forum on Trade. Special and Differential Treatment: Thinking Outside the Box. The Proceedings. 28-28 June 1989. Barbados. Paris: OECD, 2005. pp. 127-128. (Also at http://webdomino1.oecd.org/COMNET/ECH/SDTTradeForum.nsf?OpenDatabase)
33. “From Single Market to Single Economy”, CSME Magazine, St. John’s, Antigua: Ministry of Finance and the Economy, Second Issue, 2006; pp. 30-37.
34. “Comment”, in Poverty in Trinidad and Tobago: Caribbean Dialogue, Vol. 9, No. 4, October-December 2004; pp. 59-60
35. “My Perception of the World of the 21st Century”, Journal of Caribbean International Relations; No. 2, Oct 2006, pp. 149-153
36. “The Single Market and UWI Graduates”, The Pelican: A Magazine of the University of the West Indies, Issue 1, July – December 2006; 18-19
37. “Lloyd Best, LNG and Jamaica-T&T Relations”, The Sunday Guardian. Port of Spain: April 8, 2007.
38. “Lessons beyond boundaries of Cricket”, The Sunday Guardian. Port of Spain: April 15 2007; 12
39. “Lloyd Best and the birth of the New World Group”, Trinidad and Tobago Review; Port of Spain, April, 2007;