Development, Political, and Economic Difficulties in the Caribbean

Ann Marie Bissessar is Professor at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad.

• 1. Chapter One: Introduction/ Development, Political and Economic Difficulties in the Caribbean.- 2. Chapter Two: The Diversified Economy: Possibilities from Modern Portfolio Management.- 3. Chapter Three: What Drives Economic Diversification in CARICOM Economies?.- 4. Chapter Four: Human Capital as a Catalyst for Economic Diversification in Trinidad and Tobago.- 5. Chapter Five: Corruption as an Impediment to Diversification: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.- 6. Chapter Six: Asset-based Community Development as a Vehicle for Economic Diversification: Place-based Strategies for Building Stronger Economies in the Caribbean.- 7. Chapter Seven: The Economic and Political Costs of Diversification as a Way Out of a Recession. The Case of Trinidad and Tobago.- 8. Chapter Eight: Niche Focused Tourism Development in Small Island Developing States: The Case of Trinidad.- 9. Chapter Nine: Sustainable Climate-Smart Agricultural Solutions to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in Trinidad and Tobago.- 10. Chapter Ten: Whose Governance? IMF Austerities and Diversification in A Small Island State: The Case of Jamaica.- 11. Chapter Eleven: Cuba: A Caribbean SIDS Reinventing Itself.- 12. Chapter Twelve: Diversification, Macroeconomic Growth and Development: The Case of Martinique.- 13. Chapter Thirteen: Resilient or Recalcitrant? Revisiting the Diversification Discourse in the Wake of a Global Recession.- 14. Chapter Fourteen: The Diversification of Committee Systems in Parliaments of Small States: A Study of Trinidad and Tobago and Dominica.- 15. Chapter Fifteen: Agricultural Diversification – A Strategy Out of the Economic Difficulties of the Sugarcane Industry.- 16. Chapter Sixteen: Why Diversification Fails.