Covid-19
Intensifying the Existential Threat to the Caribbean
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5672878 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Witter (0000-0003-4244-1624, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 155-172 |
| Publication date | 2021-04-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agrarian South Journal of Political Economy A triannual Journal of Agrarian South Network and CARES (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2277-9760 • E-ISSN: 2321-0281 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/22779760211003540 |
| OpenAlex | W3153431003 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The Caribbean has experienced an overlapping and interconnected series of challenges, including economic, social, and environmental, which pose an existential threat to the region. This article focuses on the nature of this threat as it evolved before and during the pandemic crisis. Under neoliberal globalization, Caribbean economies transformed themselves rapidly into service providers, most having resorted to developing a tourism sector, while some moved into oil production. In all cases, traditional agricultural exports declined with the loss of protected markets where they earned preferential prices. The COVID-19 pandemic has intensified the Caribbean's existential crisis and revealed the inextricable links among the environment, economy, and public health. This article focuses on these links and suggests a way forward for public policy in the short, medium, and long term
Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Existentialism · Geography · Globalization · Market economy · Pandemic · Political economy · Political science · Tourism · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs · Medicine
| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |