http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2007/12/caribbean-murder-rates-hurting-growth-world-bank/ Nicolette Bethel's Blog Sun, 20 May 2012 21:30:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2007/12/caribbean-murder-rates-hurting-growth-world-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-68685 Nicolette Bethel Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:18:43 +0000 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/?p=352#comment-68685 Adding to the trouble in The Bahamas is that large numbers of these young men are stateless individuals, and we continue to refuse to recognize or address this problem. The children of illegal immigrants are Bahamian in culture and thinking but are not Bahamian citizens. It's a travesty that has to be addressed, our xenophobia notwithstanding. Adding to the trouble in The Bahamas is that large numbers of these young men are stateless individuals, and we continue to refuse to recognize or address this problem. The children of illegal immigrants are Bahamian in culture and thinking but are not Bahamian citizens. It’s a travesty that has to be addressed, our xenophobia notwithstanding.

]]> http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2007/12/caribbean-murder-rates-hurting-growth-world-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-68677 Dennis Jones Sun, 23 Dec 2007 18:32:11 +0000 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/?p=352#comment-68677 You have found the report now, which is more important. Jamaica sitting at some 50 murders per 100,000 is being chased and The Bahamas is catching fast, with 25 per 100,000 so far in 2007. Many of the conditions that support the high urder rate in Jamaica are also present in Bahamas (eg, access to firearms, drug transit and large proportions of disaffected men from dysfunctional families where only one parent at best is present) and I would be concerned that in neither country has there been a good recognition yet of what the root causes are and that criminals are the result of social failings, especially to do with disintegrated families. You have found the report now, which is more important. Jamaica sitting at some 50 murders per 100,000 is being chased and The Bahamas is catching fast, with 25 per 100,000 so far in 2007. Many of the conditions that support the high urder rate in Jamaica are also present in Bahamas (eg, access to firearms, drug transit and large proportions of disaffected men from dysfunctional families where only one parent at best is present) and I would be concerned that in neither country has there been a good recognition yet of what the root causes are and that criminals are the result of social failings, especially to do with disintegrated families.

]]> http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/2007/12/caribbean-murder-rates-hurting-growth-world-bank/comment-page-1/#comment-68209 Esteban Agosto Reid Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:27:47 +0000 http://nicobethel.net/blogworld/?p=352#comment-68209 The World Bank is totally correct.Definitely, there is a stong correlation between economic growth and crime (murder rate).Thirty murders per one hundred thousand inhabitants each year for the region is just mind boggling.At this rate both local and foreign investors are reluctant to invest capital and other resources in such states.It is extremely difficult to fathom that the regions murder rate exceeds even troubled areas in Africa. The World Bank is totally correct.Definitely, there is a stong correlation between economic growth and crime (murder rate).Thirty murders per one hundred thousand inhabitants each year for the region is just mind boggling.At this rate both local and foreign investors are reluctant to invest capital and other resources in such states.It is extremely difficult to fathom that the regions murder rate exceeds even troubled areas in Africa.

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