Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-1-2003
Abstract
In the context of a policy framework to which there has been long-term political commitment, and having economic growth as its goal, but which has not yielded successful outcomes, this ethnographic study presents the multiple perspectives of a variety of actors in the Jamaican policy space. The participants in the study reflect on the reasons for economic failure, the relationships between the public and private sectors, and what they view as the distance between the articulation of policy and its practice. In the course of these reflections, they consider instability and its role in their decision- making, risk, capital- flight, the pernicious effect of politics, the value of education, and the importance of appropriate leadership.
Keywords
business planning, Jamaica’s economic growth
Rights
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Department/Center
Design & Innovation
Recommended Citation
Morgan, Beverley J., "What's Really Going On? The Jamaican Policy Environment and Small Exporting Firms" (2003). Student Scholarship. 527.
https://commons.case.edu/studentworks/527