Caribbean Policy Research Institute
Encyclopedia
The Caribbean Policy Research Institute (CaPRI) works to promote evidence-based dialogue on development within Caribbean societies. It is the first public policy think tank
in the Caribbean
region.
’s economic performance since independence. This found that a need existed for the provision of impartial information to aid in economic policy decision making. CaPRI was created to fill that need.
The institutes work has been cited by many noteworthy publications.
CaPRI's studies include:
Think tank
A think tank is an organization that conducts research and engages in advocacy in areas such as social policy, political strategy, economics, military, and technology issues. Most think tanks are non-profit organizations, which some countries such as the United States and Canada provide with tax...
in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
region.
History
CaPRI is the legacy of the Jamaican Economy Since Independence Project (JEP), which from 2004 to 2006 engaged a network of researchers in a comprehensive interdisciplinary inquiry into JamaicaJamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
’s economic performance since independence. This found that a need existed for the provision of impartial information to aid in economic policy decision making. CaPRI was created to fill that need.
Operation
In an effort to create better policies, the institute informs debate through the production of research-driven information of the highest quality for dissemination to the wider public including policy-makers and influencers in Jamaica and other Caribbean countries. The ultimate goal of the institute is to change national policy-making environments in the public and private sectors in the Caribbean from being partisan and polemic-based to being research-based.The institutes work has been cited by many noteworthy publications.
Research
CaPRI is dedicated to the involvement and utilization of the intellectual resources of Caribbean youth and the diaspora. It has relied on a young but experienced network to produce quality work which is changing the inputs and even content of the policy process in the Caribbean. The flexibility of the collaborative network approach also facilitates the input of the Diaspora, without relocation to the Caribbean, though CaPRI does offer visiting fellowships. This structure also facilitates the input of international consultants and experts allowing for an international, intergenerational and Caribbean perspective to CaPRI's Research.CaPRI's studies include:
- Renewable Energy: Ushering in the New Caribbean
- Energy Diversification & the Caribbean
- Funding Tertiary Education in Jamaica
- Improving Jamaica's Education: Options for
- The Impact of the EPA on Caribbean Economies
- The Role of Regional Trade Agreements In The
- The Pittsburgh G-20: A Caribbean Perspective
- Jamaica and the IMF: Addressing the Issues