Jessica M. Bailey received her doctorate in marketing from the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983. She is presently the acting president of Fort Valley State University in Georgia, after serving as provost and vice president of academic affairs at the same institution for a year. During the last 25 years, she has held senior and executive positions with various universities in the United States, and has served in leadership roles with various organizations devoted to development and change. Bailey has co-edited the book Modern Competitiveness in the Twenty-first Century: Global Experiences, and has authored and co-authored a number of book chapters, journal articles, and scholarly works in the fields of marketing and international business. Her research interests include international business and educational administration.
Suzette A. Haughton obtained her PhD from the Department of War Studies, King’s College, University of London. She lectures on International Security Issues in the Department of Government at the University of the West Indies, Mona Campus, Jamaica. She is particularly interested in transnational crime and implications for people and the State, and is currently researching on the global politics of drugs. Her papers have been published as book chapters and encyclopedia articles as well as in a number of academic journals. Her recently published book is entitled Drugged out: Globalisation and Jamaica’s Resilience to Drug Trafficking.
Nikolaos Karagiannis is Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University, North Carolina, and the co-editor of the journal American Review of Political Economy (ARPE). He has authored, co-authored, and co-edited 18 books, and has published over 70 papers in scholarly journals and edited books, and over 60 short papers and articles in newspapers, magazines, and electronic media sources in the areas of economic development, public sector economics, and macroeconomic policy analysis. Karagiannis is particularly interested in Developmental State theory and policy, and his research has focused extensively on the applicability of this interventionist perspective in different contexts such as EU countries, the United States, Caribbean small island economies, and North African countries. His latest books include The U.S. Economy and Neoliberalism: Alternative Strategies and Policies (hardcover and paperback), and Europe in Crisis: Problems, Challenges, and Alternative Perspectives.
Zagros Madjd-Sadjadi is Professor of Economics at Winston-Salem State University. He is the former Chief Economist of the City and County of San Francisco and was a Lecturer in the Department of Economics at The University of the West Indies, Mona in Kingston, Jamaica from 2003 to 2006. The former President of the Southern Association for Canadian Studies in the United States, Madjd-Sadjadi has published extensively in the history of economic thought, political economy, and law and economics, including two books through Business Expert Press on The Economics of Civil and Common Law and The Economics of Crime.
Debbie A. Mohammed is a Senior Lecturer in International Trade at the Institute of International Relations and the Arthur Lok Jack Graduate School of Business, the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago. She is one of five members of the EU-LAC Academic Council and has authored one book on Caribbean competitiveness. She has published extensively in academic journals and contributed book chapters to several important scholarly works in the areas of Caribbean economic development, competitiveness, regional economic integration, and trade facilitation. Her current research focuses on culture and governance as transformative factors for socioeconomic development. Mohammed is a member of international and regional bodies working in the areas of transparency, governance, and regional integration.
Ramesh Ramsaran is Professor Emeritus at the Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St Augustine. He is a former Professor in International Money and Finance at the same institution, and is also a former Executive Director of the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance. Ramsaran held advisory positions with a previous government in Trinidad and Tobago and has at various times served as a consultant to the World Bank, the United Nations, and the ACP Secretariat in Brussels. He has researched and lectured on diverse fields including trade, money and banking, public finance, and international relations. Apart from his articles in a number of reputable journals, Ramsaran has authored, co-authored or edited over 20 books and monographs in these fields. Among them are The Financial Evolution of the Caribbean Community (2nd edition), Caribbean Survival and the Global Challenge, and Size, Power and Development in the Emerging World Order.