The ongoing review of defamation laws by the Jamaican government has sharpened the focus on the need to identify appropriate standards for public officials in libel actions in light of the growing recognition of a need for transparency. This article explores how British, Caribbean and U.S. jurisdictions have sought to manage the paradigm shift between the right to reputation and the need to ensure responsible and accountable governance. The aim is to identify a path of reform for Caribbean defamation law that ensures greater public official accountability and better incorporates twenty-first century notions of democracy.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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32 p., Suggests that the UN Stabilisation Mission in Haiti needs a gradual reconfiguration of its operations prior to a withdrawal, to avoid a security vacuum and give Haiti the chance for sustainable development. The real debate is not whether MINUSTAH should leave but when, and what to change in Haiti and in the mission's mandate, structure and behavior to ensure that a phased withdrawal is linked to stronger institutions and progress toward lasting stability and development. Figures, Appendixes, References.
Glasgow,Roy A. (Author) and Langley,Winston (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
Lewiston, ME: E. Mellen Press
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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347 p, Contents: A new look at development and social change in the English-speaking Caribbean / George Pottinger -- Education and social development in Jamaica : human capital approach or correspondence theory / Lacelles Anderson & Trevor Turner -- Health in the Eastern Caribbean / Cora Christian -- Mass media and socialist government in the Caribbean / John Lent -- Whither Caribbean socialism? : reflections on Jamaica, Grenada and Guyana / Carl Stone -- The Commonwealth Caribbean : crisis of adjustment / Ransford Palmer -- The internationalization of capital, development and labor migration from the Caribbean / Hilbourne Watson -- Tourism in the Commonwealth Caribbean : a case study / Winston Griffith -- Changing bargaining capacities in the Third World : Caribbean participation in the IBA / Michael Allen -- The dynamics of Cuban foreign policy towards Black Africa / Carlos Moore -- Manley and Seaga in Jamaica : Third World typologies? / Winston Langley -- From Medici to Sarney : an assessment of Brazilian foreign policy in the lower Caribbean, 1960-1985 / Roy Glasgow -- Summary and conclusion / Roy Glasgow & Winston Langley
Ramachandran,Vijaya (Author) and Walz,Julie (Author)
Format:
Pamphlet
Publication Date:
Feb 2013
Published:
Center for Global Development
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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4 p., An estimated $9 billion of public and private funding has been spent on disaster recovery in Haiti since the 2010 earthquake. Of that, $2.25 billion in public funding has been disbursed by the United States alone. But despite the large amount of public money involved, it is nearly impossible to track how it has been spent and what has been achieved. The transparency and accountability of US spending in Haiti needs to be improved. The authors suggest three steps to do so: Require prime contractors to report subcontracting data, Adopt the International Aid Transparency Initiative, and Require systematic, and publically available evaluations by NGOs and contractors.
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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209 p., Based on proceedings of a planning symposium, held at the Caribbean research institute, College of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, May, 1966. Kinds of research most needed and most likely to be useful to developing nations and regions, especially in Latin America and the Caribbean area.
Bogotá, Colombiana: Universidad Nacional de Colombia-Sede Bogotá, Facultad de Derecho, Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, Departamento de Ciencia Política, Instituto Unidad de Investigaciones Jurídico-Sociales Gerardo Molina
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Demonstrate how the priority of education in Cuban social policy, from its outset after the 1959 revolution, has privileged women. Statistics chart the rapid increase in educational level and attainment over the decades and the high degree of feminization of higher education and thus the skilled labor force; and today Cuba ranks among the countries with the highest indicators in the United Nations' Millennium Goals with respect to education and gender equity.
