Abstract To eradicate poverty, governments across developing countries have adopted programs to promote business ownership, with varying levels of success. The mixed success of such programs underscores the importance of local business and economic conditions. Yet, empi...

The infiltration process plays a key role in designing groundwater recharge, irrigation, and drainage systems, and contamination evaluation is controlled by numerous factors, among which soil physical properties and land use & land cover (LULC) are the prime factors. A ...

SIDS shared diverse problems and experienced complex socio-economic COVID-19 related crises centred on unemployment, business closures (especially involving tourism) and food security. Resources were diverted to health care but co-morbidity posed problems. Uneven develo...

The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated development challenges in Caribbean and Pacific island states even where islands were untouched by the virus. Borders quickly closed but underfunded and resourced health systems struggled. Islands with global connections experienced hig...

This chapter examines the purchasing pattern of hotels and guesthouses in Jamaica to ascertain the strength and potential of this linkage since this directly impacts the tourism multiplier effect. The findings revealed that while there appears to be a mutually beneficia...

Abstract The participatory approach to Disaster Risk Management (DRM) considers socio-economic factors and facilitates the incorporation of local and indigenous knowledge into management plans while offering an opportunity to all resource users to have an input. Caribbe...

Background Small Island Developing States (SIDS) often lack food and nutrition security and sovereignty due to historically poor infrastructure to support local food systems, reduced domestic food production and increased reliance on generally processed imported foods. ...

Abstract In recent times, the provision of agro-climate services has been elevated as an adaptation policy priority across the Caribbean. Despite strides in such efforts, there is a paucity of research on levels of awareness and use of climate services by farmers. Under...

This chapter provides an assessment of how the petroleum sector of the Trinidad and Tobago economy evolved from 1857 to 2020. This analysis is done for the following periods: the early years until 1928, 1929 until the end of the Second World War, 1946 to 1972 and 1973 t...

Many Small Island Developing States (SIDS) lead global rates in obesity and non-communicable chronic diseases (NCDs). Drivers for this are complex and include lack of food sovereignty, evidenced by an increasing reliance on cheap nutrient-poor food imports and a focus o...