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The Caribbean Policy Research Institute is a Caribbean think tank that promotes evidence-based policymaking in the region. It evolved from a three-year evidence-based study on the socio-economic history of Jamaica since Independence known as "Taking Responsibility: The Jamaican Economy Project" which began in 2005. CaPRI seeks to counter one of the main missteps of our past, by addressing the widening deficit between researchers and policymakers - across the region. We seek to bridge this gap whilst consistently introducing fresh thinking into the policymaking process, we apply a unique methodology - one that is built on the values of multi-disciplinary work, team work, and the utilisation of the Diaspora in our search for evidence.

What the Institute hopes to achieve:
The Institute will encourage the independence of thought of the ordinary Jamaican citizen by providing citizens with the opportunity to make their decisions on the basis of evidence, not political persuasion - thereby encouraging the persons to take responsibility. We also seek to be a way for the Caribbean diaspora to contribute their intellectual resources to the governance of and policymaking in this region.

RESEARCH REPORTS
Working Papers
Policy Briefs
Occasional Papers
Corruption in the Public Sector
Education Reform
Hurricane Dean
Informal Investment Schemes
Foreign Policy
Jamaia's Debt
Leadership and Economic Growth
Political Corruption
Educational Reform
Investigating Informal Investment Schemes
JEP Public Forum
Election Monitoring Exercise
Role of Diasporas in Development
Beyond Tourism



PRESS RELEASES
FEATURED EVENT

CaPRI and The Caribbean Council
Presents

Social Partnership in Jamaica?
Elements of Success

Featuring Mr. Paul Haran
former Secretary General of the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ireland
with Distinguished Panel

Wednesday, 19th November, 2008
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
The Council Room at
the University of the West Indies, Mona
(upstairs in the Senate Building)

For more information, please contact the
CaPRI Office at:
(876) 970-3447, (876) 970-2910, (876) 977-3062
or

capricaribbean@gmail.com

 

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