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By David Jessop | Sunday, November 8, 2009 | 0 Comments
David Jessop can be contacted at david.jessop@caribbean-council.org
Previous columns can be found at www.caribbean-council.org
On November 3, the Czech President became the last of 27 European Heads …
By David Jessop | Sunday, November 1, 2009 | 1 Comment
The view from Europe
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As the weeks pass, it is becoming ever more clear that if the region is to find a viable short to …
By David Jessop | Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 0 Comments
Some time in the next two to three years the global recession will end. Although the bankers and speculators who brought the financial system close …
By David Jessop | Sunday, October 18, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View from Europe
David Jessop
Is it possible for markets to serve the needs of the people as much as those of companies and shareholders? This …
By David Jessop | Sunday, October 11, 2009 | 1 Comment
The View From Europe
For the most part, the sovereign nations of the Caribbean tend to look past their near neighbours in the non-independent Carib-bean.
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Occasionally …
By David Jessop | Sunday, September 27, 2009 | 2 Comments
The View From Europe
Nearly two decades ago, a former Caribbean minister with an unconventional background would try to shock those that he met into recognising …
By David Jessop | Sunday, September 20, 2009 | 0 Comments
In the 1960s the Caribbean’s diaspora had a distinctive identity. It predominantly comprised migrants who had grown up or been born in the region, understood …
By David Jessop | Sunday, September 13, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View From Europe
A few days ago I was asked a question by the host of one of Jamaica’s morning talk shows. He wanted to …
By David Jessop | Sunday, September 6, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View From Europe
By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe)
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In Europe and North America, governments and regulatory authorities are still …
By David Jessop | Sunday, August 2, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View From Europe
In a matter of days, a task force of five Caricom leaders will meet in Jamaica to discuss a regional approach to …
By David Jessop | Sunday, July 26, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View From Europe
A few days ago Britain’s Finance Bill received royal assent and in so doing passed into law changes to Air Passenger Duty …
By David Jessop | Sunday, July 19, 2009 | 0 Comments
The law suit which threatens a nation
It must be rare if not unique for a law suit to threaten the viability of a whole nation. …
By David Jessop | Sunday, July 12, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View from Europe
By David Jessop (Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe)
How should Caribbean governments seek to support tourism during a global recession? …
By David Jessop | Sunday, July 5, 2009 | 0 Comments
In the latter part of this year, government leaders from around the world will meet for what the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, has described …
By David Jessop | Sunday, June 28, 2009 | 0 Comments
The View From Europe
In a few days time, Caribbean Heads of Government will meet in Georgetown, Guyana. There they will try to address an ever-increasing list …
By David Jessop | Sunday, June 21, 2009 | 0 Comments
The Caribbean diaspora in the UK flexes its muscles
For years now there has been talk about the manner in which the Caribbean might mobilise its …
By David Jessop | Sunday, June 14, 2009 | 0 Comments
Is growth limitless?
From time to time, leaders from the financial services industry are invited by a well known intermediary to brief prime ministers and key …
By David Jessop | Sunday, June 7, 2009 | 0 Comments
What has happened to the Doha Round?
David Jessop is the Executive Director of the Caribbean Council for Europe
What has happened to the Doha Round at …
By David Jessop | Sunday, May 24, 2009 | 1 Comment
Across the Caribbean, from Guyana to Belize, once peaceful and well ordered societies have become hosts to narcotics trafficking, money laundering, extortion, gun crime, kidnapping, …
By David Jessop | Sunday, May 10, 2009 | 0 Comments
What will be the impact of normalised US-Cuba relations on the region?
What will be the long-term impact of a changed economic relationship between Cuba and …
