Development and Diplomacy

Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Winston Dookeran, M. Raymond Izarali

• Publisher: The University of the West Indies Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9789766409364
• Topic: Economics
• Subtopic: Development Economics
• Index: Economics

In the wake of pervasive global challenges exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Caribbean stands at a critical point in its economic development. Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic is an illuminating exploration of the region’s need to recalibrate and reshape its developmental policy strategy.

Under the stewardship of Winston Dookeran and Dr M. Raymond Izarali, the volume embarks on a comprehensive examination of the frontiers in economic policy analysis: convergence, complexity, competitiveness, and the circular economy. These frontiers, often discussed in isolation, collectively establish the theoretical framework for the World Economic Forum’s “The Great Reset Initiative”, aimed at rebuilding a more sustainable, equitable, and inclusive world following the pandemic.

Thought-provoking chapters – written by scholars and practitioners both within and beyond the region – span issues such as the challenges facing small island states, the adequacy of orthodox growth models, regional advances in policy structures, liberalism, investment and capital flows, and health diplomacy to name a few and encapsulate a multidisciplinary approach. This approach expertly weaves together the disciplines of economics, politics, and diplomacy to forge not only a holistic understanding of Caribbean policy dynamics but also forge a clear path to translating research findings into actionable policy insights, which could propel the Caribbean towards a future of renewed prosperity and shared success.

Development and Diplomacy is a sequel to previous publications, such as Winston Dookeran’s Power, Politics and Performance: A Partnership Approach for Development (2012); Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean: Politics and Convergence (2015); The Caribbean on the Edge: The Political Stress of Stability, Equality, and Diplomacy (2022)  and Dookeran and Carlos Elias’s Shifting the Frontiers: An Action Framework for the Future of the Caribbean (2016). This volume is poised to empower professors and students in the field of development studies, policy leaders and practitioners within agencies, and the voices of citizens and advocates shaping public discourse. 

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half-Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• Figures
• Tables
• Boxes
• Message from The Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean
• Foreword
• Preface: Development and Diplomacy: Resetting Caribbean Policy Analysis in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Acknowledgments
• Acronyms
• Part 1 Conceptual Thought and Framework of Analysis
• 1. Setting Caribbean Development Rethink in the Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic
• Part 2 Sustainability Analysis: COVID-19, Health Security, and Future Resilience
• 2. COVID-19 Symmetric Shock and Its Asymmetric Consequences
• 3. Regional Health Security: An Antidote for COVID-19 within Caribbean SIDS
• 4. Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean: New Strategies for a Sustainable Future
• Part 3 Development FrontiersFixing the Gap Between Theory and Practice
• 5. The Calculus of Development Insights on the Frontier of Analysis
• 6. Small State Diplomacy and Global Competitiveness
• 7. Setting the Agenda for the “Circular Economy” of the Caribbean
• 8. What Drives Economic Complexity?: Panel Data Evidence from Latin America and the Caribbean
• Part 4 Recovery ProcessFlows and Frameworks
• 9. Good Governance and Economic Reconfiguration: Policy Responses in Trinidad and Tobago to the COVID-19 Pandemic
• 10. Resetting Regionalism for Convergence and Post-Pandemic Recovery for Caribbean Economies
• 11. The Trend in External Financing to the Caribbean: Is It in the Right Direction?
• 12. Financing for Quality Investment: The Search for Fresher Sources
• 13. Frontiers, Flows, and Frameworks: Resetting Caribbean and Pacific Policies Post-Pandemic
• Part 5 Resetting DiplomacyRegionalism and Geostrategic Shifts
• 14. CARICOM’s External Engagements: What Are the Prospects for Caribbean Regional Integration and Development in a Post-COVID Environment?
• 15. Resetting and Reinventing the Association of Caribbean States
• 16. Geopolitical Shifts and Health Diplomacy
• 17. Complexity Theory in International Relations Studies: Small States Behavior and the COVID-19 Crisis
• 18. Small States Diplomacy: COVID-19 and the Geostrategic Change
• 19. Frontiers of the Global Pandemic: A Look at the New Chapters Ahead
• Afterword
• About the Contributors
• Index