Capital flows to Latin America: second quarter 2002

Includes bibliography

Capital flows to Latin America: third quarter 2004

Includes bibliography

Capital flows to Latin America: 2005 highlights

Includes bibliography

Las bolsas de cereales y su influencia en las exportaciones de América Latina y el Caribe = The grain exchanges and their influence on Latin American and Caribbean exports

Incluye Bibliografía

The metal exchanges and their incidence in the development of mining in Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Domestic Workers in Jamaica

This paper addresses how and why domestic workers in Jamaica are disenfranchised, with particular emphasis on the law’s inability to combat their exploitation in the labour force. My starting point is an online newspaper article entitled “Coping as a Domestic Helper”, which was based on a study investigating the living standard and coping strategies of minimum wage earners. In Jamaica domestic workers fall into three main categories - the residential worker, the non-residential weekly worker and the daily worker. Domestic workers are undervalued and their plight is especially grievous because they are characterized by a number of features that combine to have an exponentially negative effect on their social worth.

Opportunities and risks associated with the advent of digital currency in the Caribbean

This report examines the usage of digital currency technology in the Caribbean subregion with a view to drawing attention to the opportunities and risks associated with this new phenomenon. It discusses the broader context of an emerging activity at the global level and considers how this technology could address subregional deficiencies in the electronic payment infrastructure. The report also discusses mobile money solutions, and the relationship of that technology to digital currency.