Caribbean

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

Exploring Firm-Level Innovation and Productivity in Developing Countries: The Perspective of Caribbean Small States

With Winston Moore and Andrea Presbitero I have contributed to this book with a chapter on The Gender Gap in the Caribbean: The Performance of Women-Led Firms. The paper shows that women-managed firms are in fact less productive than other comparable firms.

Here you can download our chapter and here is the link to an infographic.

 

Clusters in the Caribbean: Understanding their Characteristics, Defining Policies for their Development

Clusters in the Caribbean: Understanding their Characteristics, Defining Policies for their Development

Clusters in the Caribbean: Understanding their Characteristics, Defining Policies for their Development

With Elisa Giuliani, I have published a IADB Discussion Paper discussing clusters in the Caribbean. A desk review of 32 clusters distributed across the Caribbean identifying three groups of clusters are identified: rising, innovative, and sluggish.

The working paper is available here

Overcoming Fragmentation: Clustering in the Caribbean – Opportunities and Challenges

Overcoming Fragmentation: Clustering in the Caribbean – Opportunities and Challenges

Overcoming Fragmentation: Clustering in the Caribbean – Opportunities and Challenges

On 22nd of November in Bridgetown – Barbados – I participated in a round table about clusters in the Celebration & Stocktaking Event organised by Compete Caribbean.

Here you can download the final report on Clusters in the Caribbean.

Clusters and Innovation in the Caribbean

Clusters and Innovation in the Caribbean

VII Americas Competitiveness Forum in Port of Spain, Trinidad.

I gave a keynote speech on clusters in the Caribbean.Understanding the characteristics of clusters in the Caribbean and defining policies for their development is the basis of a timely and thought-provoking study commissioned by Compete Caribbean.

Download the pdf Trinidad Caribbean Clusters

Download the full report