Jonathan G. Lashley, PhD

Senior Fellow

Focus:

Socio-Economic Development

Email:

Jonathan.lashley@cavehill.uwi.edu

Tel:

(246) 417-4482

Fax:

(246) 424-7291

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Bio

Dr. Lashley is a Senior Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus. He joined the Institute in 2000 and his duties involve conducting independent research, participation in external research projects SALISES is contracted to conduct, and teaching and supervision of post-graduate students at the Cave Hill, Mona and St. Augustine campuses of The UWI. To date he has supervised 8 students to successful completion of their doctorates, either as main supervisor or part of a supervisory team.

Since 2006, Dr. Lashley has been the SALISES coordinator for external projects, and since 2004 has contributed to over 20 such projects, several as project manager and report author.

Dr. Lashley’s personal research agenda is focused on sustainable socio-economic development, with a particular interest in entrepreneurship, enterprise development, microfinancial services, poverty alleviation, and related cross-cutting issues of gender, youth and other vulnerable groups. His research work has been published both regionally and internationally.

His most recent publications include: a 2019 co-authored book with Dr. Corin Bailey and Professor Christine Barrow titled Rethinking Poverty: Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados published by UWI Press; a 2018 co-edited special issue of the journal Entrepreneurship and Regional Development entitled Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean with Dr. Indianna Minto-Coy (UWI, Mona) and Professor David Storey (University of Sussex, UK); an article in the special issue titled Barriers to Enterprise Development in the Caribbean with Professor Stephen Drinkwater (University of Roehampton, UK) and Dr. Catherine Robinson (University of Kent, UK); and a 2016 book co-authored with Dr. Lawrence Nicholson (UWI, Mona) titled Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses, published by Palgrave Macmillan UK. The book received the UWI (Mona) Principal’s Award for Best Research Publication (Faculty of Social Sciences) in 2016. Other awards include: the 2016 Research Team Award for Best Applied Research from the School for Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados for the Caribbean Development Bank report Youth are the Future: The Imperative of Youth Employment for Sustainable Development; the 2014 Research Team Award from the School for Graduate Studies and Research, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados for research undertaken in relation to the Compete Caribbean- Private Sector Development Strategies for six OECS Countries; the 2009 Barbados Small Business Association Community Award (Individual) for research in the area of enterprise development; and the 2007 National Small Business Award for Excellence in Small Business Research (2006) from the Ministry of Commerce and Consumer Affairs of the Government of Barbados.

Academic Profile

Position: Senior Fellow

Profession: Development Economist

Research Areas: sustainable socio-economic development, with a focus on entrepreneurship, enterprise development, microfinancial services, poverty alleviation, and related cross-cutting issues of gender, youth and other vulnerable groups.

Education

Doctor of Philosophy (Geography and Economics) (University of Leicester, UK). Thesis entitled: The Internationalisation of the Small-to-Medium Sized Enterprise (SMEs): A Critical Realist Approach (2002).

Master of Science (Business Economics) (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) (1996).

Bachelor of Science (Geography and Economics) (University of Wales, Swansea, UK) (1994).

Publications

Publications:

Bailey, Corin, Jonathan Lashley, Latoya Lazarus, Don Marshall and Ana Paula de la O Campos (forthcoming). Rural Poverty in the Caribbean: Assets, Social Exclusion and Agricultural Livelihoods. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. [unassigned]. Rome: FAO. (145 pages).

Marshall, Don, Jonathan Lashley and Halimah Deshong (2020). IV: Living in the Present: Caribbean Youth Not in Education, Not in Employment and Not in Training. In: Telson, Laurence, Cynthia Marie Hobbs, Maria Jose Flor Agreda and Leslie Hunter (eds.) (2020). Masculinity in the Caribbean: Why does it Matter?. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank. pp. 118-176. (58 pages).

Books and Monographs
Bailey, Corin, Jonathan Lashley and Christine Barrow (2019). Rethinking Poverty: Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados. Kingston, Jamaica: UWI Press.

Benfield, Warren, Compton Bourne, Kenroy Roach, Claudia Chambers, Earl Boodoo, Edwin St. Catherine, Francesco di Villarosa, Jonathan Lashley, and Mark Bynoe. (2016). Caribbean Human Development Report: Multidimensional Progress: Human Resilience Beyond Income. New York: UNDP. (248 pages)

Nicholson, Lawrence. A. and Jonathan G. Lashley. (2016). Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses. Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-1-349-94878-9 (Hardcover); 978-1-349-94879-6 (eBook). (142 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan and Katrine Smith. (2015). Profiling Caribbean Women Entrepreneurs: Business Environment, Sectoral Constraints and Programming Lessons. Washington, D.C.: The World Bank. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.2414.8242 (88 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan, Don Marshall, Corin Bailey, Charmaine Crawford, Latoya Lazarus, and Karen Lord (2015). Youth are the Future: The Imperative of Youth Employment for Sustainable Development. Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1235.1762 (135 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan. (2013). Contrasting Coping in the Caribbean and the Indian Ocean. Global Islands’ Vulnerability Research, Adaptation, Policy and Development (GIVRAPD) Working Paper Series: Microinsurance Research Stream. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.3266.7922 (56 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan. (2012). Weather-related Insurance and Risk Management: A Demand Study in the Caribbean. Bonn, Germany: UN University, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII)/German Association for International Cooperation (GIZ). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4053.2247 (66 pages)
Lashley, Jonathan. (2010). The Demand for Financial Services among Low-Income Groups in the English-Speaking Caribbean. Washington, D.C.: Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF). DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1022.1849 (32 pages)
Lashley, Jonathan. (2009). Gender and Enterprise Development in the Caribbean Volume 1: Research Findings. Barbados: DfID. (51 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan. (2009). Gender and Enterprise Development in the Caribbean Volume 2: Background Papers and Appendices. Barbados: DfID. (92 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan, Andrew Downes, and Paul Pounder (2009). The Repositioning of the Manufacturing Sector in Barbados. Barbados: National Productivity Council. (137 pages)

Lashley, Jonathan and Karen Lord (2002). Microfinance in the Caribbean: Experiences and Best Practice. Washington, D.C.: IADB. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.4905.1927 (84 pages)

Chapters in Books
Lashley, Jonathan (2017). Chapter 4: R&D, Technological Transfer and Innovation in the Caribbean. In: Downes, Andrew S. (ed.) (2017). Enhancing Productivity and Growth in the Caribbean. Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank. ISBN 978-976-95931-6-9 (pbk)/ISBN 978-976-95931-7-6 (ebook) pp. 68-110.

Lashley, Jonathan. (2012). Economics, Entrepreneurship and Gender: Integrating the Others into Enterprise Development Strategies. In: Barriteau, V. E. (ed.) (2012). Love and Power: Caribbean Discourses on Gender. Barbados: University of the West Indies Press. ISBN: 978-9-7664-0265-5. pp. 258-285.

Lashley, Jonathan. (2012). Chapter 6: SME and Entrepreneurship Policy in the Caribbean. In: Blackburn, R. and Schaper, M. (eds.) (2012) Government, SMEs and Entrepreneurship Development. UK: Gower Publishing. ISBN: 978-1-4094-3035-3. pp. 75-90.

Lashley, Jonathan. (2010) Productive Sector Development in the Caribbean: Manufacturing and Mining. In: Alleyne, F., Lewis-Bynoe, D. and Archibald, X. (eds.) (2010). Growth and Development Strategies for the Caribbean. Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank. pp. 55-96.

Lashley, Jonathan. (2006) Enterprise Development and Poverty Alleviation in Dominica: The Role and Motivations of Dame Eugenia Charles. In: Barriteau, V.E. and Cobley, A. (eds.) (2006). Enjoying Power: Eugenia Charles and Political Leadership. Barbados: University of the West Indies Press. ISBN: 978-9-7664-0191-7. pp. 214-235.

Chapters in Monographs
Lashley, Jonathan. (2004) Evaluscion del empresariado juvenil en le Caribe. In: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (2004). El Neuvo Rostro Empresarial: Indagacion sobre el empresariado juvenil en America Latina y le Caribe. Colombia: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo. pp. 167-196. (translated by publisher)

Lashley, Jonathan. (2001) Securing Opportunities for Secure Livelihoods. In: Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) (2001). Human Development Report: Building Competitiveness in the Face of Vulnerability. St. Lucia: OECS /UNDP. pp. 66-87.

Articles in Refereed Journals
Minto-Coy, Indianna, Jonathan Lashley and David Storey (eds.) (2018). Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean Region [Special Issue]. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(9-10), 921-1090.

Minto-Coy, Indianna, Jonathan Lashley and David Storey (2018). Enterprise and entrepreneurship in the Caribbean region: introduction to the special issue. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(9-10), 921-941, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1515823.

Drinkwater, Stephen, Jonathan Lashley and Catherine Robinson (2018). Barriers to Enterprise Development in the Caribbean. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(9-10), 942-963, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1515821.

Marshall, Don, Corin Bailey, Jonathan Lashley, Latoya Lazarus, Karen Lord and Jamal Smith (2017). Special Issue: Barbados at 50: National Values Assessment Survey. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 42(1), 1-68.

Lashley, Jonathan and Warner, Koko. (2015). Evidence of demand for microinsurance for coping and adaptation to weather extremes in the Caribbean. Climatic Change.133 (1), 101-112.

Lashley, Jonathan. (2014). ‘Saving for a Rainy Day’: Coping with Extreme Weather Events in Small Island Developing States. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 38 (3), 29-62.

Lashley, Jonathan and Yearwood, Jonathan. (2011). Drug Use and Risky Sexual Behaviour in Tertiary Institutions in Barbados: Personal and ‘Liberal Campus’ Effects. Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 36 (4), 60-90.

Lashley, Jonathan (2010) Nascent Female Entrepreneurs in Barbados: Attitudes and Intentions. Social and Economic Studies. 59 (3), 59-95.

Lashley, Jonathan (2004) Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in the Caribbean: A Strategic Overview. Journal of Microfinance. 6 (1), 83-94.

Lashley, Jonathan (2002) Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation in the Eastern Caribbean: A Way Forward? Journal of Eastern Caribbean Studies. 27 (3), 69-77.

Projects

Current Projects
Food and Agriculture Organisation (UN agency): Analysis of Poverty and Inequality in the Caribbean and Linkages with Food Security, Agriculture and the Environment (Jonathan Lashley, Corin Bailey, Don Marshall and Latoya Lazarus). Role: Project Manager and Researcher.

April 2018 to present: Grant Project from Compete Caribbean Programme- Business Constraints and Growth Stage of Women-Led Firms in the Caribbean (with Katrine Smith and Luwayne Thomas) as part of wider project on Reducing the Gender Gap in Firm Productivity in the Caribbean. Lead Analyst.

January 2019 to present: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Diagnostic of Youth Employment, Training and Entrepreneurship Programmes in the Caribbean (with Don Marshall and Halimah DeShong). Project consultant and author.

January 2018 to present: Gender and Enterprise Exclusion (with Spinder Dhaliwal, University of Westminster, UK). Co-Author.

Past Projects (2010 to 2017)

April 2018 to January 2019: Grant Project from Compete Caribbean Programme- Business Constraints and Growth Stage of Women-Led Firms in the Caribbean (with Katrine Smith and Luwayne Thomas) as part of wider project on Reducing the Gender Gap in Firm Productivity in the Caribbean. Lead Analyst.

January 2019 to January 2020: Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Diagnostic of Youth Employment, Training and Entrepreneurship Programmes in the Caribbean (with Don Marshall and Halimah DeShong). Project consultant and author.

2016 to 2019 (annual recurring): World Economic Forum Executive Opinion Survey for Barbados. Project coordinator.

2017: ‘Economic Impact Assessment of Carifesta, Barbados 2017’ for Ministry of Culture, Barbados with Dr. Keith Nurse. Project Role: Research Associate.

2017: ‘Barbados National Values Assessment Project’ for the 50th Anniversary of Independence Celebrations Secretariat with Dr. Don Marshall, Dr. Corin Bailey, Dr. Latoya Lazarus, Dr. Karen Lord, Ms. Beverly Hinds, and Mr. Jamal Smith. Project role: Project Manager for Values Survey and co-author.

2016: ‘Barbados Survey of the Small Business Sector’. SALISES was contracted by the Ministry of Labour, Social Security and Human Resource Development, in association with the Barbados Small Business Association, to conduct a survey of micro, small and medium-sized enterprises in the country. The report is to focus on developing a profile of the sector in the country. (Jonathan Lashley and Winston Moore). Project Role: Project Manager, researcher and lead author.

2016: ‘Research Paper on Youth and Employment in the Caribbean’. SALISES was contracted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean to author a paper on Youth and Employment in the Caribbean for inclusion in the Caribbean Human Development Report 2016. (Jonathan Lashley and Don Marshall). Project Role: Project Manager and lead author.

2015: ‘Barbados Habitat III National Report for the United Nations Global Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development 2016’. SALISES was contracted by the Ministry of Housing and Lands to construct the National Habitat III Report for Barbados for the Global Conference to be held in October 2016. The report focuses on the new challenges and emerging trends in relation to sustainable urban settlements and urban development in Barbados. (Lashley, J.G., Downes, A.S., Cashman, A., and Cumberbatch, J.). Project Role: Project Manager, researcher, editor and co-author.

2015: ‘Millennium Development Goals Assessment for Barbados and a Post-2015 Development Agenda’. Project conducted on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) (Barbados and the OECS) to assess the country’s status in relation to the eight (8) Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and make recommendations with regards to a Post-2015 Sustainable Development Agenda. (Lashley, J.G., Marshall, D., and Lord, K.). Project Role: Project Manager, researcher, editor, and lead author.

2015: ‘Youth are the Future: The Imperative of Youth Employment for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean’. Project conducted on behalf of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to investigate the current state of youth unemployment in the Caribbean as well as causes, consequences, costs and solutions. (Lashley, J.G., Marshall, D., Bailey, C., Lazarus, L., Crawford, C., Lord, K. and Hinds, B.). Project Role: Project Manager, editor, researcher and lead author.

2014: Assessing Data Gaps and Capacity for the Provision of Statistics for the UN Human Development Report for the UNDP (Barbados and the OECS) to assess the issues affecting the provision of statistics for the development of the Human Development Index in Barbados and the OECS (Lashley, J.G., Whitehead, J., Hartman, M., and Farnum, M.). Project Role: Project Manager and lead author.

2013: Compete Caribbean: Private Sector Development Strategies for Six Member Countries of the OECS for the Caribbean Development Bank which includes the development of Private Sector Assessment Reports and Donor Matrices for the OECS as a whole and for each individual country (Lashley, J.G, Whitehead, J., Moore, W., Straughn, R., Hartman, M. and Blenman, C.). Project Role: Project Manager and Co-Author.

2012: Barbados Country Assessment of Living Conditions for the Government of Barbados, funded by the Caribbean Development Bank. The project output consisted of six (6) reports: Main Overview Report; Macro Social and Economic Report; Survey of Living Conditions; Participatory Poverty Assessment for Vulnerable Groups; Participatory Poverty Assessment for Communities; Analysis of Livelihood-Related Institutions. Dr. Lashley’s primary responsibility was for the Survey of Living Conditions (SLC), a national survey of 3,000 households and 6,000 individuals. Specific activities for the SLC involved detailing sampling methodology, construction of household and individual survey instruments in conjunction with the National Assessment Team, data analysis, report writing, and dissemination of results. Other project members included: Downes, A.S., Barrow, C. B., Bailey, C, and Ellis, P. Project Role: Project Manager for the National Survey of Living Conditions (SLC), author of SLC Report and editorial assistance for the other six report volumes, including the summary report titled Human Development Challenges in a Global Crisis: Addressing Growth and Social Inclusion.

2012: Harmonising Music Copyright in the Caribbean: Caribbean Copyright Link and Member Societies in Barbados, Jamaica, St. Lucia and Trinidad and Tobago for the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (and Downes, A.S., Witter, M, Franklin, M., Maharaj, M. and Khan, B.). Project Role: Team Member and Co-Author.

2012: National Survey of the Small Business Sector in Barbados for the Government of Barbados. Project Role: Project Manager and Author.

2011: Developing a National Training Plan for the Barbados Technical and Vocational Education and Training Council (TVETC) (Downes, A.S., Lashley, J.G. and Brown, Y.). Project Role: Project Manager for business survey and Co-Author.

2010: Barbados Crime Survey for the National Task Force on Crime Prevention (Downes, A.S., Bailey, C., and Lashley, J.G.). Project Role: Team Member and Co-Author.

2010: Repositioning of the Manufacturing Sector in Barbados for the National Productivity Council (NPC) (Downes, A.S., Lashley, J.G. and Pounder, P.). Project Role: Project Manager and lead author.

Graduate Studies

PhD Completions:
• Alfred Walkes. Black Commercial Underrepresentation in Barbados: Reviewing Contemporary Theories (2008). (Faculty of Social Science, UWI, Cave Hill). (Supervisor)

• Wing Tsang. Chinese Immigrant Entrepreneurship in Jamaica (2014). (SALISES, UWI, Mona) (Student awarded PhD with High Commendation and also awarded Most Outstanding Thesis 2013/2014, Mona Campus). (Supervisor)

• Peter Alfred. Internationalisation of Firms in Small Island Developing States (2015). (SALISES, UWI, Mona). (Co-supervisor with Professor Densil Williams)

• Shelly-Ann Cox. Conditions for Establishing and Sustaining the Adaptive Co-management of the Sea Urchin Fisheries in Barbados and St. Lucia. (2016). (CERMES, UWI, Cave Hill). (Supervisory committee member)

• Diane Gordon. The Impact of Selected Interventions in Rural Enterprises on Rural Livelihoods in Jamaica (2018). (SALISES, UWI, Mona). (Supervisory committee member)

• Clarence Henry. Economic Integration and Growth in Small Island Developing States. (2019). (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill). (Co-supervisor with Professor Winston Moore)

•Dalano DaSouza. ‘The Education Revolution’ Returns to Education Policy and Expenditure in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1970 to 2014 (Co-Supervisor with Dr. Troy Lorde) (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill).

• Natalie Phillips. The Family Business Succession Model: An Analysis of Factors Influencing Succession Planning in Family Businesses in Barbados (2020) (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill).

PhD. Submissions Awaiting Examination (Thesis Titles):

• Family Business and Succession Planning in Barbados (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill).

Current Supervision (Thesis Titles/Topics):

MPhil. Registered Students:
•Export Perceptions of MSMEs in Barbados (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill). (Co-supervisor with Professor Troy Lorde)

.Big Beauty, Small Islands: The CARICOM Cosmetics Industry (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill).
• Corporate Social Responsibility and Tourism in Tobago and St. Kitts and Nevis (SALISES, UWI, Mona). (Supervisory Panel Member)
• SME Competitiveness ((Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Management Studies, UWI, Cave Hill). (Supervisory Panel Member)
• Entrepreneurship (Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Management Studies, UWI, Cave Hill).

• An Evaluation of Access to Finance on Socio-economic Development in Jamaica (SALISES, Mona). (Supervisor)

PhD./DBA Registered Students:
• Microenterprise Internationalisation (Cave Hill School of Business, Cave Hill).
• The Informal Economy in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SALISES, UWI, St. Augustine).
• Government Policy and Enterprise Development (Faculty of Social Sciences, Department of Management Studies, UWI, Cave Hill).

• Assessing Sustainable Development Futures in Small Island Developing States without economic growth (SALISES, Cave Hill). (Co-supervisor with Professor Winston Moore)
• Succession and Finance in Family Businesses (Mona School of Business). (Supervisor)

Courses Taught

Current: SALI6050- Directed Readings on the Thesis Topic (SALISES, UWI, Cave Hill).

SALI6060- The Research Paper (SALISES Regional)

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