Caribbean Report 20-05-1993

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorHemlock, Doreen (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorAllen, Gary (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorBacchus, Earl (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorul Haq, Mahbub (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Lionel (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorGajdusek, Daniel Carleton (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-03T15:12:47Z
dc.date.available2018-12-03T15:12:47Z
dc.date.issued1993-05-20
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:36)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Puerto Rico has suspended loans under the 936 Programme for projects exceeding five million dollars. The Ways and Means Sub-committee in Washington approved President Clinton’s plan to scale down the Programme. The matter has to be heard by the U.S. Senate. The scaling down of the programme has implications for funding in the Caribbean region and in particular energy projects in Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. Doreen Hemlock reports (00:37-04:18)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Heavy rains in Jamaica have resulted in seven deaths and flooding and losses in the island’s vital agricultural sector. Prime Minister, P.J. Patterson announced an aid package of 250 million dollars to the affected areas. The Inter-American Development Bank, the Saudi Arabian Bank and the Caribbean Development Bank provided the funds for the flood relief programme. Gary Allen reports (04:19-06:38)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. The U.S. trade surplus with the Caribbean shows little sign of decreasing, an inevitable consequence in the short term with the lowering of the Common External Tariff. Interview with Earl Bacchus, Project Director, Caribbean Export Development Agency (06:39-10:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. A United Nations Development Programme report ranks Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and Bahamas amongst the top developing nations in the world in terms of human development. The report rates countries according to income and quality of life and measure factors such as life expectancy, literacy and real purchasing power. Other countries in the region that ranks in the top twenty-two of the developing nations were Dominica, Grenada and Antigua and Barbuda. Mike Jarvis reports. Interview with Dr. Mahbub ul Haq, UNDP Special Advisor (10:28-12:44)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. A mysterious eye disease which afflicted over 25,000 persons in Cuba continues to baffle medical experts. Specialists from over the world are arriving in Havana to investigate its cause and hopefully to find a cure. Lionel Martin reports. Interview with Dr. Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, U.S. National Institute of Health (12:45-14:47)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 03 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1279en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/46334
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshPuerto Rico -- Finance -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Finance -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshLoans -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshLoans -- Puerto Ricoen_US
dc.subject.lcshFloods -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNatural disasters -- Jamaicaen_US
dc.subject.lcshInter-American Development Banken_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Development Banken_US
dc.subject.lcshExports -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited States -- Trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Area -- Trade -- United Statesen_US
dc.subject.lcshCost and standard of living -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDiseases -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshUnited Nations Development Programmeen_US
dc.subject.otherPatterson, P. J. (Percival James), 1935-en_US
dc.subject.otherSaudi Arabian Banken_US
dc.subject.other936 Programmeen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 20-05-1993
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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