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Foreign Direct Invesment and Corporate Governance in the Caribbean

8 July 2008 by Shantal Munro-Knight

The Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) has completed a major study on Foreign Direct Investment and Governance in the Caribbean. The study undertakes three country case studies in Jamaica, Trinidad and Barbados.
This study seeks to examine the patterns of FDI flows and contribution of FDI to the economies under study; to examine the extent to which Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and Codes of Conduct are effective mechanisms for enhancing the benefits of FDI; to (...)

Regional Civil Society Conference on the EPA, Trinidad & Tobago, June 13th , 2008

Meeting Report

28 June 2008 by Shantal Munro-Knight

Representatives from regional civil society in the Caribbean gathered in Trinidad Friday June 13th , 2008 to review the current agreement with the view to making recommendations to policy makers on the way forward. The Meeting Report makes specific recommendations for the renegotiations of the EPA.

Regional Civil Society Petition on the EPA

Sign onto this Petition : Lets Renegotiate

28 June 2008 by Shantal Munro-Knight

Regional Civil Society in the Caribbean are hoping to stop the impending signing of the EPA. Sign onto this petition http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/epa and help us push for a more development friendly EPA.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/epa/

’Operation: Make It Fair!’

26 June 2008 by Ashley Payne

Caribbean NGOs are calling on international, hemispheric and regional civil society actors to support us in our campaign ’Operation: Make It Fair!’
OPERATION: MAKE IT FAIR! March 2006
Caribbean NGOs are calling on international, hemispheric and regional civil society actors to support us in our campaign Operation: Make It Fair! This is a call for governments and negotiators involved in the ongoing Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) negotiations to ensure true development outcomes. The (...)