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| DR.
ERIS SCHOBURGH |
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| Eris
Schoburgh |
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Eris
Schoburgh received her PhD in Government from the University of the
West Indies (UWI), Mona and lectures in Public Policy and Public Sector
Management in the Department of Government of her alma mater. She
has several years experience in education, public management and project
management and prior to her position at UWI held senior managerial
positions in the Jamaican public sector. She is a member of the Research
Sub-committee of the National Advisory Council (NAC) on Local Government
Reform; UNICEF/Social Investment Working Group (on Child Rights) and
the Board of Mountain Terrace Housing Cooperative. Her current research
interests are local government reform policy, constitutionalism and
local government change and the relationship between social and political
capital in institutional change.
My reason for joining JEP
As participants in the development process we share the burdens/costs
as well as partake of the benefits in various ways and in different
proportions. Yet rarely are we given the opportunity to express an
opinion on outcomes or shape directly the trajectory of development.
Taking Responsibility: The Jamaican Economy Since Independence
provides such an opportunity. While this project has all the attributes
of an academic enterprise its innovative and dynamic methodologies
pull on valuable practical experiences giving it an expansive knowledge
base and simultaneously deepening it analytic outlook. Each stage
of our deliberations not only provides new and exciting information
but opens the door to a complex process of social learning. |
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D. MINTO |
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| Indianna
Minto |
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Indianna
D. Minto is currently employed as a Research Assistant at the Skoll
Centre for Social Entrepreneurship based at the Said Business School
at the University of Oxford. She is currently working on ‘Cultural
Shift South East’, a research project which aims to assess the
role of social enterprises in the delivery of public services as well
as to develop a set of guidelines for entrepreneurial partnerships
between the public sector and social enterprises. A former student
of the UWI, Mona where she gained two degrees in the Public Administration
Department, she is currently pursuing a PhD in Law at the London School
of Economics.
Her research interests include, partnerships (involving public, private
and voluntary sectors) and the social sector, public policy and administration,
and regulation.
Why I joined the project
I was thrilled when approached to join the Taking Responsibility Project
in April 2005. My interest was sparked on many levels. Not only did
it offer an opportunity to become more involved in what was happening
in Jamaica but it afforded an avenue through which I could make a
meaningful contribution to the country in my chosen field. Involvement
in the project has also allowed me to delve more deeply into Jamaica’s
past; forcing me to assess views I held about this past. More over,
I was drawn by the opportunity of becoming a part of such a unique
project, which in assessing the country’s past and present had
the scope to inform its future. |
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