Abstract Thirteen 2000

GLOBAL

DEVELOPMENT STUDIES

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Volume Two Winter 1999-Spring 2000 Numbers 1-2.

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THEME: CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: ISSUES AND OPTIONS

POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO

GUYANA AND JAMAICA: SOME REFLECTIONS ON WHAT IS TO BE DONE

Judith Louis-Prince Debbie Mohammed

Project Officer Senior Research Associate

CARICOM Secretariat Institute of International Relations

Georgetown, Guyana University of the West Indies

Trinidad and Tobago

Published Online: December 15, 2016

ABSTRACT

This article seeks to provide an overview of the problem of poverty in the Commonwealth Caribbean relative to its causes and its socio-economic impact. It uses the cases of Jamaica and Guyana over the last thirty years. From a people-centered perspective, an attempt is made to identify some practical solutions to the problem of poverty, particularly for policymakers and development planners, which can be applied over the short to medium-term both at the international and national levels.