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Dr Jamelia Harris presented her research at international conferences
IER's Dr Jamelia Harris shared work from the project "Help or hindrance? Exploring the impact of foreign aid on local skills" at the . The presentation explored the many ways in which foreign aid can impact on skills development in developing countries, analysing direct, indirect and unintentional consequences of the aid-skills nexus.
At the , Dr Harris presented work from the project "Colonial legacies and the labour market in the English-speaking Caribbean". Focusing on the methodological design of the interdisciplinary project, the paper argues for the practice of mixed methods research to understand questions that span lengthy time periods and for which contextualisation is critical.
The Budget: Trinidad and Tobago
Whilst many have been focused on the Westminster budget this week, IER's Dr Jamelia Harris provided expert analysis on Trinidad and Tobago's.
Jamelia was part of a panel of experts which analysed the Trinidad and Tobago national budget immediately after its reading on 12 October. As well as expert opinion on the budget itself, Dr Harris offered analysis on broad-based economic development, the need to boost labour force participation and create meaningful jobs, and transform systems of collective bargaining for public sector workers.
The full recording is available on