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    91. Abstracts of Jamaica Wills, 1625-1792

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Microform Academic Publishers (Author)
    Format:
    Monograph
    Publication Date:
    1972
    Published:
    Wakefield, UK: Microform Academic Publishers
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Notes:
    1 microfilm reel

    92. Access to information legislation as a means to achieve transparency in Ghanaian governance: Lessons from the Jamaican experience

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Kuunifaa,Cletus D. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    Jun 2012
    Published:
    London, UK: Sage Publications
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    IFLA Journal
    Journal Title Details:
    38(2) : 175-186
    Notes:
    Probes the anticipated implementation challenges of the freedom-of-information (FOI) law in Jamaica, and the lessons Ghana stands to learn to improve on its FOI bill, currently at a deliberative stage. The lack of transparency in government or the public sector as a result of lack of access to governmental or public information will be tackled in this study.

    93. Adaptation Machines and the Parasitic Politics of Life in Jamaican Disaster Resilience

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Grove,Kevin J. (Author)
    Format:
    Journal Article
    Publication Date:
    2014-06
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title:
    Antipode (Antipode)
    Journal Title Details:
    46(3) : 611-628
    Notes:
    Unpacks a politics of life at the heart of community-based disaster management to advance a new understanding of resilience politics. Through an institutional ethnography of participatory resilience programming in Kingston, Jamaica, explores how staff in Jamaica's national disaster management agency engaged with a qualitatively distinct form of collective life in Kingston's garrison districts.

    94. Adjustment with a human face: protecting the vulnerable and promoting growth

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    Collection:
    Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
    Contributers:
    Cornia,Giovanni Andrea (Author), Jolly,Richard (Author), and Stewart,Frances (Author)
    Format:
    Book, Whole
    Publication Date:
    1987
    Published:
    New York: Oxford University Press
    Location:
    African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
    Journal Title Details:
    vol. 2
    Notes:
    Includes Derrick Boyd's "The Impact of Adjustment Policies on Vulnerable Groups: The Case of Jamaica, 1973-198,"pp. 126-155