Policy Review Fora and Reports
The Policy Review Forum is especially geared for the policymakers. CaPRI presents its signature (primary research–oriented) multi-disciplinary policy-relevant research to policymakers and stakeholders drawn from the public sector, the private sector and civil society. At each forum a working paper report is presented and feedback collected from the participants. After the report is finalized it is then released to the public.

A Landscape Assessment of Political Corruption in Jamaica
The first Policy Review Forum was held on May 14th, 2007 and focused on corruption. The results of the first-ever corruption survey and elite interviews were presented. The success of the forum was seen in the fact that, despite the ambience of public cynicism, 54% thought that the forum would have some impact on anti-corruption measures in Jamaica.

Foreign Policy: Making the Economic Development Link
The second Policy Review Forum was held on June 27th, 2007 and focused on Foreign Policy. It sparked controversy - with 2 newspaper articles being written about CaPRI's recommendation that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade focus on its relationship with the United States and Canada as these are likely to be long-term.

Educational Reform in Jamaica: Recommendations from Ireland, Finland and Singapore
The third Policy Review Forum was held on October, 17th, 2007 and focused on Education Reform. This report made recommendations based on countries with similar socio-economic climates as Jamaica – Ireland, Finland and Singapore. The recommendations in the report were well-received by the invited guests, many of whom had their own suggestions which were taken into considering for the second edition of the report.

Resilience Potential: Assessing Jamaica's "Bounce-Back" from Hurricane Dean
The fourth Policy Review Forum was held on November, 21st, 2007 and focused on the recovery of Jamaica from the impact of Hurricane Dean which passed the island in August 2007. The report came at the end of the 2007 hurricane season and helped to facilitate discussion about the preparedness of Jamaica against hurricanes. In addition to Jamaica's preparedness, the report also discussed infrastructure, the recovery period after the hurricane had passed and ways the Government of Jamaica and citizens could make the island less prone to hurricane damage in the future.

Investigating Informal Investment Schemes in Jamaica
On January 16th, 2008 this report was launched and it focused on the extent to which Jamaicans are likely to have invested in informal investment schemes, the impact of such schemes on the Jamaican economy and the effect on the economy if such schemes were to fail using comparisons and data from real-country cases.

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