Question

In the context of plantation economies in the Caribbean, what are some of the key work being done for reparations and the lack has affected the under developed Caribbean Region.

Answer 1

SOLUTION

PLANTATION ECONOMIES IN THE CARIBBEAN REGION-KEY WORK BEIND DONE FOR REPARATIONSN

The migration of individuals for labor related purposes has been one of the strongest common themes in the Caribbean since the 1400s. Over the ensuring five centuries, whether through forced labor and individual servitude or through voluntary actions, the movement of people from their homes and countries for work related reasons has been a strong component of the historic, cultural and economic character of a region. The Caribbean countries have historically experienced large-scale incoming and outgoing migration. Today, the region is subject to fluid internal as well as external movement of persons that migrate because of various causes: economic situation, human right respect, government stabiliy, and living conditions. It results in a very complex migratory system that encompasses intra-regional migrations, migration policies and socio-economic adaptations. Given the proximity and the weight of Latin American migration flows and more particularly the Mexican emigration, Caribbean migration flows are often over-looked. Carribean cultures are marked by the heritage of the economy of plantation since the 18th century ( sugar, coffee, cotton ), geneating highly hierachised socio- economic structures, and share an identical geographical situation coNmprising insularity, geographical and demographical smallness and strong exposure to natural disasters.

Even though Nthe internal migration is hidden by the important emigration outside the Caribbean, it acted as the bottom- up regional intergration before the institutional top-down attempts of the government and the Caribbean community ( CARICOM) have been re-inforced by the new focus areas for national and international investors that benefiticial to oNnly certain number of countries perpetutating the regional economical heirachy. Thus migration in the region follow a geo-economic logic of international division of labour.In the 2000's CARICOM established the free movement of the population between the number of states. This has been implemented despite the scepticism of some nationals all over the region to see all migrants coming and becoming a charge of public funds.However, as they already had a collective sentimentthat was progressively built from the bottom through migration flows, the Caribbean government has to act carefully. This pushes to think migration differently, not in a binary way, but taking in consideration the fluidity and humanity of the process. Government cannot control all population flows and political crispation towards migration issues is counter-productive.