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December 2016 Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies Vol. 41, Nos. 2 CONTENTS Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies DOUBLE ISSUE Vol. 41, Nos. 2 and 3, August/ December 2016 Articles Can Millennials Afford Higher Education? Delroy Chevers Constructing a Housing Price Index for Barbados Vol. 41, Nos. 2 and 3, Anton Belgrave, Tiffany Grosvenor and Shane Lowe August/ December 2016 Coloniality of Power; Subjugation and Inequality in Post-Britannica Dubai Paul Thompson Estimating Fiscal Stability for Barbados and Jamaica 1973-2010 Clyde Mascoll Defining Intra-Caribbean Relations in a Post-Preference Era: Caribbean Regional Integration driven by Exogenous International Trade Pressures Alicia Nicholls and Yentyl Williams Reproductive Rights and Citizenship: Understanding the State’s Vol. 41, Nos. 2 and 3, August/ December 2016 Inability to Implement the Abortion Laws of Guyana Tivia Collins Whose and What World Order? Fanon and the Salience of the Caribbean Reparations Endeavour Don Marshall Public Lecture A State of Disarray: Public Policy in the Caribbean Clive. Y. Thomas Commentary Reflections and a Recipe for Change: Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia Amit K. Chhabra and Damian E. Greaves Review Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean: Feminist Strategies, Masculinist Resistance and Transformational Possibilities Patricia Mohammed Contributors Call for Papers – JECS Information for Contributors Editorial Staff Presentation Editor Dr. Don Marshall Most articles submitted for publication should be less than 9000 words, with an abstract of no more than 100 Managing Editor Dr. Latoya Lazarus words, setting out the main concerns and findings along with key words of the article. Authors should submit: Editorial Assistant Mr. Jamal Smith Publications Secretary Ms. Jacqueline Thompson a. Two copies of manuscripts including references, with double-spaced typing on one side of each page only; and b. Brief biographical notes with full name and associated organisation, on a separate page Editorial Advisory Board c. A copy of the article electronically in Microsoft Word. Prof. Sir Hilary Beckles Vice Chancellor, UWI, Regional Headquarters, Mona, Jamaica It is assumed that authors will keep a copy of their paper. Address all communications and manuscript Prof. Jacqueline Braveboy-Wagner City College of New York, USA submissions to: The Managing Editor, Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social Prof. Simon Jones-Hendrickson University of the Virgin Islands, St. Thomas, USVI and Economic Studies, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, BARBADOS. The telephone number is (246) 417-4478, the fax Prof. Andy Knight Director, UWI, Institute of International Relations, St. Augustine Campus, number is (246) 424-7291 and the email address is [email protected]. 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Dr. Yanique Hume Faculty of Humanities and Education, UWI, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados The final decision regarding publication rests with the Editorial Committee. Unaccepted articles will not be returned. REFERENCES The Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies (JECS) is the leading social science journal covering the Eastern Caribbean area. It is published tri-annually by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic References to other publications should be cited thus: Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, in April, August and December. a. References to articles: Established in 1975 as the Bulletin of Eastern Caribbean Affairs, it was upgraded to a full peer Author’s name (last name followed by initials or first names); the year of publication in brackets; the title review academic journal from Volume 22, 1997. 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CONTENTS DOUBLE ISSUE Vol. 41, Nos. 2 and 3, August/ December 2016 Articles Page Can Millennials Afford Higher Education?...................................................1 Delroy Chevers Constructing a Housing Price Index for Barbados......................................33 Anton Belgrave, Tiffany Grosvenor and Shane Lowe Coloniality of Power; Subjugation and Inequality in Post-Britannica Dubai..............................................................................59 Paul Thompson Estimating Fiscal Stability for Barbados and Jamaica 1973-2010..............82 Clyde Mascoll Defining Intra-Caribbean Relations in a Post-Preference Era: Caribbean Regional Integration driven by Exogenous International Trade Pressures..................................................111 Alicia Nicholls and Yentyl Williams Reproductive Rights and Citizenship: Understanding the State’s Inability to Implement the Abortion Laws of Guyana..............................139 Tivia Collins Whose and What World Order? Fanon and the Salience of the Caribbean Reparations Endeavour.............................................................166 Don Marshall Public Lecture A State of Disarray: Public Policy in the Caribbean.................................181 Clive. Y. Thomas Commentary Reflections and a Recipe for Change: Constitutional Reform in Saint Lucia.............................................................................................199 Amit K. Chhabra and Damian E. Greaves Review Negotiating Gender, Policy and Politics in the Caribbean: Feminist Strategies, Masculinist Resistance and Transformational Possibilities...................................................................209 Patricia Mohammed Contributors 214 Call for Papers – JECS 218 Vol. 41, Nos. 2 and 3, August/December 2016 pp. 1-32 Can Millennials Afford Higher Education? Delroy Chevers Mona School of Business and Management, JAMAICA Abstract Over the past five years, the Students’ Loan Bureau (SLB) in Jamaica has been struggling to fulfil its mandate of disbursing loans to qualified students. The established government funded SLB was not equipped to handle the 153% increase in loan applications over
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