Emerging from COVID-19

SUSTAINED ECONOMIC RECOVERY POST-PANDEMIC

Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General and distinguished UWI alumna, was the featured speaker at a Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Economic and Social Studies (SALISES) Distinguished Lecture themed “Sustained Economic Recovery Post-Pandemic – The Lewis Model”, held on April 26, 2022.

The lecture was part of The UWI Vice-Chancellor’s Forum series. It facilitated dialogue and offered answers to critical questions of Caribbean economic recovery as the region navigates the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian-Ukrainian war.

Dr. Barnett turned to the Lewis model for solutions, proposing that it offers insight relevant to the CARICOM development process.

Pointing to the need for the region to look to post-COVID economic development within the framework of regional integration, sustained resilience for existing sectors, new economic sectors and drivers, and the current digital economy, Vice-Chancellor Beckles noted that The UWI was being well positioned in these recovery efforts in an era which requires the knowledge economy to move to the forefront of contemplations about the Caribbean.