Belize

Constrained largely by lack of resources – technical, financial, legal, and/or administrative – governments in developing countries often create multi-layered management structures to regulate and monitor protected resources. Such structures are created when non-government organisations are given authority to monitor and/or manage certain aspects of a protected natural or indigenous resource. Other aspects, often regulatory, […]

Despite recent awareness of the need to ‘mainstream’ gender perspectives into public policy, and in responses to economic inequity and growing poverty, practice often seems to continue to place gender equity as a secondary goal. Are the Millennium Development Goals any different? This article argues that – taking Belize as a case in point – […]

The author describes incentives used by governments to attract foreign investment and create export processing zones (EPZs), also known as special economic or free trade zones. The low cost of labour, mostly provided by women, is one of these incentives. Making special reference to Jamaica, Belize, and Barbados, the author discusses the impact of EPZs […]

Practical notes with reference to ‘Public policies and community practices’, ‘The Zimbabwe Women’s Resource Centre and Network’, ‘Guaranteeing development: an approach to financing economic activities’ and ‘Sustainability is not about money!: the case of the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.