Foreign Direct Invesment

Foreign Direct Invesment and Corporate Governance in the Caribbean

8 July 2008 by Shantal Munro-Knight

The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) has completed a major study on Foreign Direct Investment and Governance in the Caribbean. The study undertakes three country case studies in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados.
This study seeks to examine the patterns of FDI flows and contribution of FDI to the economies under study; to examine the extent to which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Codes of Conduct are effective mechanisms for enhancing the benefits of FDI; to (...)

Post Modern Economic Globalization -The implications for small states

27 February 2003 by Christopher Sinckler

In a recent study undertaken by Dr. Mariama Williams she pointed out that in recent history there have been three broad phases of globalization:
(A)Pre- Modern Globalization Colonialism and Imperialism: Which is the period of conquest that saw the colonization of vast areas across the world by European military and economic powers. The period of industrialization and growth of international capitalism built on the racial and economic rationalizations of slavery and subjugation. (...)