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Sir Arthur Lewis Was Right: There Should Be No OECS National Under 40 Without Gainful Employment
By Dr. Justine C. Pierre
By. Dr. Justine C. Pierre: Labour Statistician and Workforce Development Consultant
Dunn Pierre Barnett and Company Canada Ltd. — DPB Global
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1. Introduction: The Unfinished Work of an Economic Genius
In 1979, Sir William Arthur Lewis of Saint Lucia, the most educated person in the Region at that time, stepped onto the world stage as the first Black laureate in Economic Sciences. He received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel for pioneering research on economic development and the problems facing developing countries. Lewis was not merely one of the Caribbean’s greatest intellectuals; he was one of the…
