Among the dependent states, foreign subsidies and remittances provide a major source of income.Tourismhas become the major industry on some islands and a major source of foreign exchange. Often, however, it raises the localcost of livingwithout producing much employment. It is also quick to decli...
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: NA% highest 10%: NA% Inflation rate (consumer prices): -0.5% (2003 est.) Budget: revenues: $847 million (including grants) expenditures: $886 million; including capital expenditures of $NA (2000 est.) Agriculture - pr...
Manufacturing, stimulated by government incentives, was one of the main growth areas of the economy; however, beginning in the later 20th century, this trend was reversed as a result of globalization and trade liberalization that increased the competition from cheaper imports. Finance and trade ...
There are two main political parties, the Barbados Labour Party and the Democratic Labour Party. Elections are hotly contested, but are notably free of violence and corruption. Government Barbados enjoys a parliamentary style government, with a House of Representatives and a Senate. The island's ...
We divided each beverage category into three price levels (low- mid- and high-cost) based on the average price observed across the study period, and repeated the main analysis by price tertile (see Additional file 1: Text 3). All analyses were conducted using STATA v14.2 [34]. ...
The reef fishery also represented an important social safety net across all communities, providing employment and a potentially critical source of protein to many low-income persons. These results demonstrate the current socioeconomic benefits of reef-associated fishing to coastal communities as well as...
In high-income countries, such as the United States, the leading causes of childhood blindness are cortical visual impairment, retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), and optic nerve hypoplasia [3]. This contrasts with low-income countries, where the main causes are vitamin A deficiency and ophthalmia ...