No. 04: The Urban Food System of Kingston, Jamaica [PDF]
, 2017 Kingston is a colonial city and, like the country of Jamaica more generally, was the product of early mercantilism moulded by colonialism, sugar plantations and slavery.
Ferguson, Therese +4 more
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Prealternate molt intensity and timing in six Nearctic-Neotropical migratory warblers
Journal of Field OrnithologyMolt is vital for maintaining year-round feather function yet is one of the least understood events in the annual cycle of migratory birds. In Nearctic-Neotropical migratory songbirds, prealternate molt has received far less study than prebasic molt ...
Shae A. Turner +7 more
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Jamaica: Macroeconomic Policy, Debt and the IMF [PDF]
This paper looks at Jamaica’s recent history of indebtedness, its experience during the global economic downturn, and examines its current agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
Jake Johnson, Juan Montecino
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Broke Autocrats, Broken Elections: Trade Shocks and Electoral Fraud in Autocracies
Economics &Politics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT We argue that when terms‐of‐trade (ToT) shocks reduce resource rents, autocrats lose the fiscal capacity to sustain loyalty through patronage and increasingly rely on electoral manipulation as a survival strategy. We present a simple model in which rents finance patronage in normal times, while adverse shocks reduce the effectiveness of ...
Antonis Adam, Sofia Tsarsitalidou
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica [PDF]
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females’ educational achievement is higher than that of males.
Alejandro Hoyos +2 more
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Scots in the West Indies in the colonial period: a view from the archives [PDF]
, 2016 No abstract ...
Mullen, Stephen
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Maltreatment and Dental Trauma in Preschool Children: A Cohort Study
Dental Traumatology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Child maltreatment (CM) has been associated with adverse oral health outcomes during childhood. However, few studies have investigated the relationship between CM and dental trauma (DT) in the primary dentition. Aim To evaluate the association between CM and DT at 4 years of age.
Renata Uliana Posser +5 more
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Jamaica 2030: A Strategy For Developed Country Status [PDF]
In order for Jamaica to transition from a Developing Country to a Developed Country it will be highly necessary to a Knowledge based society, the inability to seriously overcome this challenge will mean Jamaica will be in transition to a developed ...
Peter Jones
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A comparative study of educational administration in Jamaica and in the United States of America. [PDF]
, 1959 Thesis (Ed.M.)--Boston ...
Bowen, Joubert K. C. +1 more
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Beyond Negated Identity: Mediating the World History Classroom through Adorno's Negative Dialectics
Educational Theory, EarlyView.Abstract This article centers on Adorno's negative dialectics to account for experiences of alienation and marginalization within the world history classroom. It begins with the problem of how marginalization occurs in high school world history classrooms with predominantly Black and Latinx students.
Tadashi Dozono
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