Mirrors of change: industrialists in Chile and Uruguay

Includes bibliography

Towards a theory of change

Includes bibliography

Reinventing development: utopias devised by committees and seeds of change in the real world

Includes bibliography

Towards a theory of change

Includes bibliography

On the article by Raúl Prebisch, Towards a theory of change": comments"

Includes bibliography

Juventud latinoamericana en una época de cambio y crisis = Latin American youth in a time of change and crisis

Incluye Bibliografía

Evaluation of e-readiness indices for Latin America and the Caribbean

Includes bibliography

Women's participation in economic activity as a strategic factor of change in fertility: the cases of Mexico and Costa Rica

Includes bibliography

The Panama Canal expansion: A driver of change for global trade flows

Includes bibliography.

An assessment of the economic impact of climate change on the tourism sector in Jamaica

Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily disrupt plans for sustainable economic development. Because of the failure of export agriculture over the last several decades, to provide the economic stimuli needed to promote economic growth and development, Jamaica, like many other island states in the Caribbean subregion, has come to rely on tourism as an instrument of transformation of the macro-economy. It is believed this shift in economic imperative would eventually provide the economic impetus needed to generate much needed growth and development. This assessment has shown that tourism is not only a leading earner of foreign exchange in Jamaica and a major creator of both direct and indirect jobs but, also, one of the principal contributors to the country‟s Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The rapid expansion of the industry which occurred over the last several decades coupled with disregard for sound environmental practices has led to the destruction of coral reefs and the silting of wetlands. Because most of the industry is located along the coastal region it is extremely vulnerable to the adverse effects of climate change. Failure to address the predictable environmental challenges of climate change, with some degree of immediacy, will not only undermine, but quickly and seriously impair the capacity of industry to stimulate and contribute to the process of economic development. To this end, it important that further development of industry be characterised by sound economic and social planning and proper environmental practices.