Cipriani College of Labour & Co-operative Studies Caribbean Studies CAS 130 Student’s Name and Number - Kevin Gouveia 2014030534 Lecturer’s Name - Henry Sealy Date of Submission - 28-Oct-14 Question Define the term globalization and describe its effects on small sizes states and economies. State its profitability and/or non-profitability to Caribbean countries and/or African‚ Caribbean and Pacific countries including Trinidad and Tobago. Introduction This paper
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probably consider taking a vacation to Jamaica. Mapsoftheworld.com states that Jamaica’s population of more than 2.5 million is equally divided between urban and rural dwellers. Jamaicans are mostly descendants of Africans but there are also East Indians‚ Chinese‚ Europeans‚ and Arabs. Jamaica is the third-largest island in the Caribbean Sea and since 1870 the capital has been Kingston‚ now with a population of more than 645‚000. The climate is tropical and tourists flock to Jamaica for its beautiful
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ISSUES IN CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT Concepts and Indicators of Development DEVELOPMENT: is a multi-dimensional process which brings about a continuous enhancement of the capabilities and welfare of all individuals in the society and the country as a whole. Sustainable Development: a theory of development that views the process in a holistic light‚ encompassing social as well as economic development and emphasizing the importance of conserving the environment and natural resources. Economic
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The natural disasters that are typically experienced in the Caribbean can have catastrophic and devastating impacts on the environment‚ economic development and social structure of these islands. Severe damage to the built infrastructure that has supported communities on Caribbean islands for decades can place a huge strain on economic activity. The social impacts that are experienced following natural disasters consist of homelessness‚ injury‚ suffering‚ sickness‚ disease‚ and even death. This paper
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There are various types of Caribbean family forms. The emergence of the different family types was largely due to historical influences that shape Caribbean civilization; such as racial diversity‚ ethnicity‚ social class‚ African cultural retention‚ legacy of Plantation slavery‚ and culture of poverty (Herskovits‚ Lewis‚ Clarke‚ Smith). Caribbean society has grown into an international mixture of different races and ethnic groups that construct their reality in the Caribbean. This mixture has resulted
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LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES NUR/440 October 27‚2014 Deanna Radford “Latino Immigrants in the United States constitutes a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to a structural violence” (Stange‚ 2009). This group is considered to be in a very low level in the economy of the United States‚ and for this reason they are more prone to be abuse and violent than any others‚ and also due to the fact that some are undocumented they tend not to seek medical services due to fear
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The economic challenges facing the Caribbean The Caribbean is far from immune from the global economic crisis. Although many Governments initially thought themselves safe from its effects it has become apparent that every nation will see: • Falling remittances from nationals overseas; • A significant decline in tourism/visitor arrivals (forecast by some governments to be down by between 30 and 40 per cent for the year); • volatile exchange rates and in particular the a fall in income
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THE COMMONWEALTH CARIBBEAN/BRITISH CARIBBEAN is the term applied to the English- speaking islands in the Carribbean and the mainland nations of Belize (formerly British Honduras) and Guyana (formerly British Guiana) that once constituted the Caribbean portion of the British Empire. This volume examines only the islands of the Commonwealth Caribbean‚ which are Jamaica‚ Trinidad and Tobago‚ the Windward Islands (Dominica‚ St. Lucia‚ St. Vincent and the Grenadines‚ and Grenada)‚ Barbados‚ the Leeward
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complete this Caribbean Studies Internal Assessment‚ so as to meet the requirements of the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination syllabus. The researcher
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Africans from their native lands‚ brought on a new hybrid in the Caribbean. It all began in the 16th century when about 10 million Africans were brought to the Americas as slaves. More than half of these slaves were sent to the Caribbean. The Caribbean now has the most concentrated cluster of Africans in the Americas‚ with most of the population living in the Greater Antilles. With the imprint of millions of Africans in the Caribbean‚ a neo-Africa was created‚ allowing the African people and their
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