06384nam 2200481 450 991074114720332120230630002603.09783030893590(electronic bk.)9783030893583(MiAaPQ)EBC6825720(Au-PeEL)EBL6825720(CKB)20120401500041(EXLCZ)992012040150004120220827d2022 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierHow trade liberalization affects a sugar dependent community in Jamaica global action, local impact /Donovan StanberryCham, Switzerland :Palgrave Macmillan,[2022]©20221 online resource (294 pages)Palgrave pivotPrint version: Stanberry, Donovan How Trade Liberalization Affects a Sugar Dependent Community in Jamaica Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2022 9783030893583 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Acronyms -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1 Introduction -- Aims of the Book -- Organization of the Book -- 2 The Theoretical Framework -- Introduction -- The Plantation Economy Theory-Antecedents, Inspiration and Features -- Social/Cultural and Psychological Dimensions of Dependency -- Changing the Institutional Environment-Caribbean Perspectives -- Sustainable Development and the Rejection of the Productivism Model -- Conclusion -- References -- 3 The Origins and Development of a Plantation Economy -- Introduction -- The Origins of the Industry -- Fuelling the Growth and Preserving the Hegemony -- Challenges to King Sugar's Hegemony -- The Institutionalization of a Preferential Trade Regime -- Conclusion -- References -- 4 The Sugar Industry Post-Independence -- Introduction -- The Facade of Prosperity in the 1960s -- Tate and Lyle Steps Out, Government Steps In: The Cooperative Experiment of the 1970s -- Restructuring in the 1980s to the 1994 Divestment -- Conclusion -- References -- 5 The Avalanche of Trade Liberalization Since the 1990s -- Introduction -- From London to Brussels: How the Preferential Regime Was Entrenched in the EU -- The Unintended Consequences of the Regime -- How Trade Liberalization and the WTO Dealt the Fatal Blow -- Conclusion -- References -- 6 The Response -- Introduction -- The Prognosis of the Pundits -- Spectrum of Responses Across the ACP -- St. Kitts and Nevis and Trinidad and Tobago -- Belize and Mauritius -- Responses and Positions of Varying Interests in the Jamaican Sugar Industry -- Jamaica Government's Response: The Jamaica Country Strategy (JCS) -- The Jamaica Country Strategy 1 -- The Jamaica Country Strategy II, 2006-2020 -- Conclusion -- References -- 7 Conditions of the Monymusk Sugar Dependent Area Before the JCS -- Introduction.Characterization of Jamaica's Sugar Parishes -- Social Conditions in the Monymusk, Frome and Bernard Lodge SDA and Justification for Selecting Monymusk SDA as the Subject of the Study -- The State of the Environment -- The Regulatory Framework for the Sugar Industry -- The General State of the Environment in Jamaica Before the Implementation of JCS, 2006-2015 -- Environmental State of the Sugar Industry 2008/2010 -- State of Environmental Compliance in the Sugar Industry Before the Implementation of JCS -- Water Quality in the Monymusk SDA -- Conclusion -- References -- 8 The Impact -- Introduction -- Accounting for the Interventions -- Social Impact Assessment -- Assessment of the Impact of the JCS on Grant Recipients -- General Profile of Grant Recipients -- Benefits Received from the STP and the Use of These Benefits -- Perception of Impact -- The Role of the Grants in Assisting Recipients to Meet Their Needs -- Other Indicators of Quality of Life -- Coping Strategies -- Assessment of Impact on Residents of the Monymusk Estate -- Perception of Change in Quality of Life -- Environmental Impact Assessment -- Overview -- Overall Compliance of the Monymusk Estate with the Action Plan Agreed with NEPA in 2011 -- General State of Environmental Management in the Sugar Industry Since the Implementation of the JCS -- Water Quality Impact Assessment -- Methodology -- Comparison of 2016/17 Parameters with 2008/10 Parameters -- Performance of the Other Parameters at Alley Bridge -- Rio Minho River Longitudinal Comparisons -- The Case Study Report-Community's Perspective on Privatization -- Purpose of the Case Study -- Profile of the Monymusk SDA -- Methodology -- Findings and Analysis -- Monymusk Estate-the Centre of the Monymusk SDA -- Socio-Economic Impact of the Privatization of the Monymusk Estate on the SDA -- Awareness of SADP Interventions.Perspectives on Privatization -- Health and Environmental Impact -- Perspective on the Future -- Conclusion of the Case Study -- Conclusion -- References -- 9 The Current State of the Sugar Industry -- Introduction -- Developments in the Industry Post 2016/17 -- The Pan Caribbean Sugar Company-Monymusk and Frome Factories -- The Golden Grove Sugar Company-St. Thomas -- Everglades Farms Limited -- Appleton Estates Limited -- The Worthy Park Sugar Estate -- Government's Role -- Dismantling of the Jamaica Cane Product Sales Limited -- Rightsizing the Sugar Industry Authority -- Supporting Production -- Creating an Enabling Policy Environment -- Managing Sugar Lands Post-Divestment -- Revival of Sugar Industry Possible? Critical Success Factors -- Conclusion -- References -- 10 Discussion and Policy Implications/Recommendations -- Discussion -- Policy Implications/Recommendations -- Index.Palgrave pivot.Economic historySugar tradeJamaicaEconomic conditionsEconomic history.Sugar trade.330.9Stanberry Donovan1424477MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910741147203321How trade liberalization affects a sugar dependent community in Jamaica3553657UNINA