Development in Transition: Lessons from a Changing World

These opening articles reflect recurring themes in Kim Young’s work: development justice, decolonial practice, Global South leadership, regional purpose within CARICOM, geopolitical instability, and the strategic importance of Caribbean intellectual talent in shaping the region’s technological future.

Why Development Justice Matters

A stronger case for placing justice, history, power, and reparative thinking at the centre of development policy and practice.

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Decolonising Development in Practice

A sharper examination of what decolonisation requires once institutions move beyond language and begin to confront power.

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Global South Leadership and the SDGs

An argument for why the Sustainable Development Goals depend on leadership, authority, and intellectual agency from the Global South.

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How a Fractured CARICOM Can Revive Itself in the Global South for Impact

A focused reflection on regional discipline, strategic coherence, and why Caribbean integration must become more purposeful.

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The Caribbean Cannot Afford to Become Collateral to America’s New Foreign Policy

A timely essay on geopolitical instability, imported price shocks, and how Caribbean policymakers should prepare for what may come next.

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Caribbean Talent at I-INSIGHT at UWI: Why It Matters

A short reflection on why regional AI talent, institution-building, and human-centred technological leadership matter for Caribbean sovereignty and Caribbean development.

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