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Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed World

Abstract
Although many destination countries have limited labor migration, particularly in the context of the global economic downturn, migration remains important in Jamaican society. Despite its political stability, Jamaica is a poor country dependent on services, tourism, and remittances, with high unemployment generally — estimated at 14.5 percent in 2009 — and limited employment opportunities for its most skilled citizens.

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Jamaica: From Diverse Beginning to Diaspora in the Developed
World
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By Alex Glennie and Laura Chappell
Institute for Public Policy Research
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Historical Background
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#
==E#E
#<
#5
1#.
B#(

#
B-
#%<<<B5
7<#C
5
#
(B
#%<2
75
#
7B<=
="A7
#
(75
!1B
B&-#.
!
-
#
7B6

; #
(B!
#
%1>?#1B!
<<#B#
Recent Emigration Trends
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Table 1. Official Flow Data on Primary Destinations of Jamaican Emigrants by Decade,
1970s to 2000s
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
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#
The Feminization of Jamaican Migration
%

2<

#
=@
77#
!3
EEE#E 21

7
#
 
B
#
Table 2. Percentages of Jamaican8Born Males and Females in the United States, Averages
for each Decade, 1970s to 2000s
2> 21 22 <
; " ; " ; " ; "
41# 5#1 41#4 5#< 4># 5#2 45#4 54#<
HB.48<9#
Immigration to Jamaica
,
#.
2>#(?
7
#
%
)
#%

#

.#.
@<.#
.
#
Table 3. Immigration to Jamaica, 1997 to 2006
D

-
C
-


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Forced transnationalism: transnational coping strategies and gendered stigma among Jamaican deportees

TL;DR: The authors conducted interviews with 37 Jamaican deportees and found that male deportees who rely on transnational strategies to survive face a gendered stigma because they must relinquish the provider role and become dependants and the transnational coping strategies serve as a reminder of the shame, isolation and alienation that deportees experience because of their deportation.

Producing "Fabulous": Commodification and Ethnicity in Hair Braiding Salons

TL;DR: It is suggested that within the next 10 years, the number of marriages in the United States will increase significantly, and the total number of divorces will decrease from about 40 to about 20.
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“But God meant it for good”: Inter-personal conflict in an African Caribbean Pentecostal congregation – a pastoral study

Delroy Hall
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine conflict within a UK Black Majority Church and propose a model for the pastoral analysis, practical management, and spiritual resolution of conflict, which is based on psychology and counselling as well as theology.
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Remittances and GDP in Jamaica: An ARDL Bounds Testing Approach to Cointegration

TL;DR: Similar to other developing nations, Jamaica's remittances, specifically inflows, are an important source of income support and foreign exchange earnings, and much has been said about the...
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Speculation and the Design of Development

TL;DR: In this paper, the role of speculative design in large-scale development projects in post-colonization spaces is examined, and it is found that speculation in these contexts remixes the constructive stance toward speculation typical for normative technoscience with the critical, contesting orientation of speculative designs.
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Changing Trends and Major Issues in International Migration: An Overview of UNESCO Programmes

TL;DR: An overview of related UNESCO activities over the past 50 years is given in this paper, where the authors highlight the important role that international migration has played in the process of social transformations throughout the world.
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Three views of “guest workers” in the United States

TL;DR: In this article, the effects of the US guest worker program on Jamaica, the Jamaican hotel industry, and Jamaican guest workers were evaluated using structured interviews with key persons in the Jamaica government, hoteliers in Jamaica, and guest workers in the USA.