This paper investigates the link between monetary expansion and inflation in three Caribbean countries, Belize, Jamaica, and Barbados, from 2000 to 2026. By analyzing the historical data on money supply (M2) and inflation rates, we show that the excessive printing Read More …
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Analysis of Premium Fuel and Diesel Pump Prices in Belize: The Role of Global Crude Oil Prices and Domestic Levied Charges (2012–2024)
This paper investigates the relationship between the prices of premium gasoline and diesel fuels in Belize and international crude oil prices, focusing on the role of government-imposed costs as a moderating factor between 2012 and 2024. By applying annual average Read More …
Public Utilities and Manufactured Failure: A Telecommunications-Focused Case Study of Belize
In developing nations, public services experience cycles of underinvestment, privatization, foreign profit extraction, and renationalization, a process that has been conceptualized as “manufactured failure.” This structural issue arises from strategic or institutionally driven suboptimal performance in public sectors, which legitimates Read More …
Skipping Industrialization in Belize and the Caribbean: Historical Legacies, Tourism Dependence, and Structural Vulnerability
The economies in the Caribbean region have a unique development pattern that has been characterized by the lack of or truncated process of industrialization. Instead, the region has followed a pattern of development from a colonial plantation economy to a Read More …
Foreign Aid and Poverty in Belize: Evidence from a Caribbean Comparison
This paper investigates the role of foreign aid in poverty alleviation in Belize, set against the broader Caribbean comparative context. Belize has continued to receive large amounts of Official Development Assistance (ODA) without making significant progress in reducing poverty, which Read More …
Why Tourism-Led Growth Did Not Reduce Poverty in Belize, 2002–2019
This article examines why tourism-led economic growth in Belize from 2002 to 2019 failed to alleviate poverty. Utilizing national poverty headcount data for benchmark years (2002, 2009, 2018/2019) alongside real GDP and GDP per capita growth rates from World Bank Read More …
Technological Change and Organizational Structure as Determinants of Multinational Oil Firms’ Performance in Nigeria
The study focuses on whether technological change and organizational structure are determinants of selected multinational oil firm in Delta State. The specific objectives of the study were to ascertain the effect of technological change and organizational structure on organizational performance. Read More …
DECENTRALIZED INDEX, IMMUTABLE LEDGER AND THE PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS IN NIGERIA
The study examined the effect of decentralized index and immutable ledger on the level of performance of deposit money bank in Nigeria. The survey research design was used and the main data collection instrument was the structured questionnaire which was Read More …
