This chapter reviews Jamaica’s colonial history and its impact on contemporary poverty. It discusses how past decisions, laws, and policies have conditioned the current socio-economic environment. The chapter covers critical international treaties and human rights frameworks that have attempted to address poverty, focusing on Jamaica’s participation in these efforts. The historical analysis includes Jamaica’s political developments, such as the socialist experiment of the 1970s and the shift towards capitalism in the 1990s.

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Past Trends in Decisions and Their Conditioning Factors

  • Harold B. Malcolm

摘要

This chapter reviews Jamaica’s colonial history and its impact on contemporary poverty. It discusses how past decisions, laws, and policies have conditioned the current socio-economic environment. The chapter covers critical international treaties and human rights frameworks that have attempted to address poverty, focusing on Jamaica’s participation in these efforts. The historical analysis includes Jamaica’s political developments, such as the socialist experiment of the 1970s and the shift towards capitalism in the 1990s.