Constructing a criteria-based classification for Small Island Developing States: An Investigation

MacFeely, Steve; Peltola, Anu; Barnat, Nour; Hoffmeister, Onno; Hopp, Daniel

doi:10.21463/jmic.2021.10.1.09

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“…Like most other SIDS, the Anglophone Caribbean is fraught with numerous developmental challenges related to its inadequate resource base, fragile economies, vulnerability to external shocks, colonial history, remoteness and insularity (Clarke, 1976; Macfeely et al , 2021; Puig-Cabrera and Foronda-Robles, 2019). Not least among these challenges are high levels of poverty and unemployment (Harrison, 2008).…”

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Post-independence challenges for Caribbean tourism development: a solution-driven approach through Agenda 2030

Lewis-Cameron

Roberts

Walker

et al. 2023

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Purpose This paper aims to provide a comparative analysis of sustainable tourism development across the Anglophone Caribbean region from the post-independence period of 1962 to the 2020s. The perspective explores the implications of insularity, tourism investment and the pace of technology adoption on the potential realisation of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in the islands of Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean States. Design/methodology/approach The viewpoint uses secondary data from grey literature such as government policy documents, academic literature, newspapers and consultancy reports to explore the central themes and provide a conceptual framework for the paper. Findings The findings reveal that Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are nearer to the light-green single-sector approach to sustainable tourism development. The overarching findings reveal that the region’s heavy focus on economic priorities results in less attention to competitiveness challenges such as environmental management, social equity and technological innovations. Research limitations/implications The research presents a comprehensive overview of the tourism development trajectory of other tourism-dependent island-states. The research offers lessons and cross-learning opportunities that may be useful to decision-makers within SIDS. The main limitation is that the findings may only be transferable and generalised to the extent that other jurisdictions bear similar macroeconomic governance structures and cultural characteristics to Caribbean SIDS. Practical implications This paper provides a meaningful discussion and contributes to the body of knowledge on the history of Caribbean tourism development, the challenges and future potential of sustainability and lends itself to opportunities for future research in the Caribbean and other SIDS. Social implications The study outlines the social implications for inclusive, responsible and sustainable tourism that can potentially take Caribbean SIDS from slow growth to efficiency in developing the tourism product, including the technological environment. This can reduce inequalities, contribute to socio-economic development and improve the region’s human capital. Originality/value This paper provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of Caribbean tourism development specific to Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean States. No previous work has been done to compare tourism development within this grouping. Hence, this paper is essential in informing decision-makers and providing the foundation for continuing research in this area.

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Post-independence challenges for Caribbean tourism development: a solution-driven approach through Agenda 2030

Lewis-Cameron

Roberts

Walker

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“…UNCTAD has also led some of these developments. For example, the designation of small island developing states (SIDS) as a special grouping was pioneered by UNCTAD in the 1970's [6]. More recently, UNCTAD has played a leading role in developing several new conceptual frameworks and classifications, not least, illicit financial flows, gender-in-trade, or nontariff measures (see Section 3).…”

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“…The UNCTAD statistical programme deals primarily with international trade, commodities, foreign direct investment, maritime and digital economy statistics, but a wide range of other socio-demographic and macroeconomic statistics are also disseminated on the statistics portal UNCTADstat. 1 A wide range of statistical reports, such as, the annual Handbook of Statistics 2 and SDG Pulse, 3 thematic reports, like the Development and Globalization: Facts and Figures, 4 and bulletins, such as, the Commodity Prices, 5 Trade in Services, 6 and the Global Merchandise and Services Trade Nowcast 1 https://unctadstat.unctad.org/wds/ReportFolders/reportFolders.as px?sCS_ChosenLang=en.…”

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The role of international organizations in statistical standards setting and outreach: An overview of the UNCTAD contribution

Peltola¹,

Barnat²,

Chernova³

et al. 2022

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“…As Figure 1 shows, these territories share several vulnerabilities related to social, economic and environmental issues and face common development challenges including small populations and surface, spatial dispersion and remoteness from major markets, scarcity of resources, as well as a high exposure to external shocks and severe climate-related events and natural disasters, among others (Macfeely et al , 2021).…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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“…Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are classified by United Nations (2022) according to their unique and common social, economic and environmental vulnerabilities. Although there is no universally agreed definition for SIDS (Macfeely et al , 2021), there is a broad consensus that “these territories are typically characterized as remote, with high vulnerability to economic and environmental shocks, and with an inability to capitalize on economies of scales” (p1.). This implies several difficulties to compete in the global supply chain, their high-cost structure to import (especially energy) and, consequently, several disadvantages for tourism development.…”

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Tourism towards the well-being of Small Island Developing States: Tourism Agenda 2030

Puig-Cabrera

Vas²,

Beltrán-Bueno³

et al. 2022

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Purpose The purpose of this study is to contrast the capacity of tourism-specialized and non-tourism-specialized systems in small developing insular societies to achieve a well-being model aligned with the Agenda 2030. Design/methodology/approach The empirical method of this work consists of a panel-corrected standard errors analysis for a total of seven Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to measure the contribution of both economic diversification and tourism specialization to well-being in the Agenda 2030 framework. Time period considered in the analysis include 2005–2019. Findings Linear and nonlinear relationships reveal the need to conjugate both tourism specialization and economic diversification in the 2030-development agendas of small developing insular societies as both represent a means to achieve a well-being model aligned with the Agenda 2030. Originality/value One of the main novelties of this work is that development is analyzed from a multidimensional point of view (standard of living, access to education and health services), as an integrated thinking that considers any tourism development model that defines a route with Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2030 as main destination in SIDS. Specifically, practical implications are given combining recommendations to foster development and face poverty (SDG-1), while inequalities situations are reduced (SDG-10) and decent jobs are generated (SDG-8). These implications also focus on strengthening local suppliers of goods and services from other sectors to be integrated into the destination value chain (SDG-2), ensuring access to education (SDG-4) and contributing to gender equality (SDG-5).

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Constructing a criteria-based classification for Small Island Developing States: An Investigation

Cited by 6 publications

References 13 publications

Post-independence challenges for Caribbean tourism development: a solution-driven approach through Agenda 2030

Post-independence challenges for Caribbean tourism development: a solution-driven approach through Agenda 2030

The role of international organizations in statistical standards setting and outreach: An overview of the UNCTAD contribution

Tourism towards the well-being of Small Island Developing States: Tourism Agenda 2030

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