Caribbean Report 30-09-1999

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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.authorStone Greaves, Keith (anchor, correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMiller, Billie (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorCruickshank, Allan (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorShort, Clare (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Clyde (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorLewis, Patrick (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorSmith, Allistair (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorAlexander, Jackie (speaker)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-18T13:20:59Z
dc.date.available2017-07-18T13:20:59Z
dc.date.issued1999-09-30
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines with anchor Keith Stone Greaves (00:00 - 00:28)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. At the UN General Assembly Barbados Foreign Minister Billie Miller outlines Caribbean position on the deployment of UN troops in the Serbian Province of Kosovo. Miller also restated Caribbean calls for US to lift the embargo against Cuba calling the move outdated at time when the region is trying to remove the last traces of the cold war. St. Vincent Foreign Minister Allan Cruickshank discusses how the finances of international financial corporations often exceed national budgets of developing countries (00:29 – 03:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. In Britain, Overseas Development Minister Claire Short champions the issue of aid to developing countries with promises of more economic assistance to these nations. Guyana will benefit from an extended aid package from the IMF and World Bank. A similar pronouncement of aid was made by President Bill Clinton as he announced the US efforts to cancel debts all official debts of the poorest nations. Guyanese economist Clyde Thomas discusses Clinton’s concession on debt cancellation (03:34 – 07:33)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. At a UN Special Assembly Antiguan Ambassador Patrick Lewis makes a case for Caribbean countries to benefit from a vulnerability index developed by the World Bank Commonwealth Secretariat (07:34 – 09:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Orin Gordon reports on wrongful practices in the banana industry including exposure to pesticides, non-representation in trade unions. London based pressure group Banana Link advocates for better conditions for workers. Alistair Smith acknowledges the group’s recognition of the prevailing plantations conditions and adverse effects on workers (09:12 – 13:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Lecturer at the University of Connecticut Dr. Jackie Alexander speaks on the adverse effects of globalization and transnational corporations and international financial systems devaluing the work of women. Tony Fraser reports (13:07 – 15:23)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 23 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR2939en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/44634
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.lcshKosovo War, 1998-1999en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbargo -- Cubaen_US
dc.subject.lcshDeveloping countries - - Economic conditionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshDebt -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshDebt cancellation -- Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshAid and development - Developing countriesen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana industry -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshWomen's rightsen_US
dc.subject.lcshGlobalizationen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Costa Rica -- Employeesen_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 30-09-1999
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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