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    Apiculture in Jamaica

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    An Overview of the Beekeeping Industry in Jamaica Mona School of Business – University of the West Indies Course Title: Foundation Skills in Graduate Management Education Course Code: SBCO6000 Lecturer: Mr. Claude Robinson Due Date: July 8‚ 2012 ID#: 620051236 (Cohort 16) MEMORANDUM UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES‚ MONA To: Mr. Claude Robinson Associate Teaching Fellow‚ Mona School of Business From: La-Shaun Latore Student‚ Cohort 16‚ Mona School of Business

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    Homeownership in Jamaica

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    “MEETING NEEDS‚ MEANS AND DREAMS: THE HOME OWNERSHIP CHALLENGE IN JAMAICA.” The late Honourable Donald Buchanan‚ former Minister of Water and Housing‚ stated in the 2004 Sectoral Presentation‚ that “home ownership is a Jamaican dream. “It confers on our people a sense of self and identity and undermines the collective sense of rootlessness‚ displacement and wandering that characterize the socio-historical condition common to Africans in the Diaspora.” Home ownership is a “collective space defined

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    Girl by Jamaica KincaidGirl”‚ is a short story by the renowned Jamaica Kincaid; a Caribbean author and poet. The story depicts the instructions of how young girls should conduct themselves in public. Young girl’s duties involve responsibilities such as cleaning‚ cooking as well as societal social behaviors. Kincaid instructs young girls “don’t sing benna on Sundays at all and never in Sunday school”. Kincaid also gives clear knowledge to the young girls that are not responsible for learning

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    Maroons of Jamaica

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    Introduction Jamaican Maroons date back to the English conquest of Jamaica in 1655. At that time‚ the retreating Spanish freed their African slaves. They armed them and encouraged them to fight a guerrilla war against the new British Colonies. The released and runaway slaves‚ aided by Jamaica’s mountainous terrain; evaded capture‚ formed fighting bands and eventually split into two powerful communities. It is from these remote communities that the Jamaican Maroons raided British settlements and

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    Girl

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    January 2013 RR 54 Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” is of a complicated relationship with her mother that comes out in the mother-daughter dynamic in the story. The mother‚ obviously a dominant figure in the young girl’s upbringing‚ informs the young girl of various duties associated with being a young‚ dignified lady. Her mother gives the daughter advice to make her the "proper" woman she should in fact be‚ and this advice gets more and more firm as the story continues. “Girl” is a very well

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    Corruption in Jamaica

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    figures ruined‚ and reputations of well-respected organizations and business firms badly tarnished in consequence of corruption. According to an article published April 26‚ 2009‚ Jamaica was ranked the most corrupt country in the Western Hemisphere measuring the highest on index countries perceived to be most corrupt. Jamaica outpaced its regional counterparts on the perceived corruption index with a mean score of 85.6 points out of 100‚ three points above the 2006 survey‚ which suggests a growing public

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    Neoliberalism In Jamaica

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    protections that were set up by companies such as Chiquita and Dole whose laborers could not unionize and were cheaper/unfair worker conditions (Malek 2/22). The WTO decides to take action and cut into foreign investment of the banana industry in Jamaica because there would no longer be a market to sell via foreign investors 85 Smallman and Brown “Banana wars US could put tariffs on trades from the UK through tariffs putting competition damage to European businesses getting rid of the private business

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    Bank of Jamaica

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    such as NCB; it is rather a bank for banks. In Jamaica the central banking function is carried out by the Bank of Jamaica (BOJ). This institution is located in the city of Kingston. The Bank of Jamaica plays a fundamental role in the Jamaican economy. According to the Bank of Jamaica website‚ this institution was established in recognition of the need for an appropriately regulated financial structure to encourage the development process as Jamaica was about to embark on the road to political independence

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    Globalisation on Jamaica

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    1. Causes of globalization affecting Jamaica: * For Jamaica‚ the main reason for globalization was darker. The energy Crisis of the early 1970s forced the Jamaican Government to take out loans from the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to cover the rising expenses of fuel based imports. However they weren’t interested in cooperating with Jamaica in developing native infrastructure and resources‚ so they enforced a short-term repayment of the debt‚ budget cuts in areas supporting

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    Crime in Jamaica

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    Introduction VIOLENT CRIMES CONSTITUTE one of the greatest social problems facing Jamaica at this time. Over the past two decades‚ Jamaica has experienced an unparalleled increased in homicides and violent assaults. Many attempts made throughout the years to reduce the number of violent crimes occurring in the island have mainly been short-term measures‚ aimed predominantly at increasing Police mobility and firepower and have ultimately proved to be unsustainable. EARLY IN THE present academic

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