Trade and Development - the Caribbean Perspective

Ah, that shiny January 1 st 2020. A day replete with promises, resolutions, new plans and maybe new directions for the more ambitious among us. Then the rest of the year followed. In what followed after, none of us could have predicted the reach of Covid-19 or that we would be housebound, telecommuting like there is no tomorrow and becoming more tech savvy than we thought possible. Fortunately, there has been some good moments between these developments (some of us learnt to bake; cook; reacquainted ourselves with those lovely apartments/homes that were a blur as we sped through our busy pre-Covid-19 routines; spent more time with family). However, I think most of us would gladly trade in 2020 for…anything else at this point. So, if 2020 has been so tumultuous for us on an individual level, how has it affected countries, especially the small island developing states of the Caribbean? Stick around if you want to read my thoughts on what 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted ...