Opening Speaker:
Sir Hilary McDonald Beckles
(The University of the West Indies)

Conference papers and panels will consider the evolution of investment in the Caribbean from the 15th century to the present; the movement of capital flows into and out of the greater region; and the incorporation of the Caribbean into global economies and markets over the past centuries.

The Conference will also consider panels and papers on the flow of investments, its sources and destinations and the impact of these flows on the region’s economy and society, in micro and macro terms.

The AHEC invites researchers and members of the academic community interested in participating to submit an unpublished paper under one of the following themes:
- Systems of production, individuals and institutions as economic agencies, free and forced systems of labour and commerce; public and private regimes of investments and enterprises
- Production and exports of raw materials (principal lines of production and services; plantations and other agrarian histories)
- Exploitation of raw materials and the impact on the environment
- Tourism and service sectors
- International commerce and/or other international trade networks
- Banking and financial systems in the Caribbean
- Shareholders, multi-national corporations and capital markets
- Foreign direct investment and foreign debt in the Caribbean
- Financing of colonization and/or colonial ventures in the Caribbean
- Military and defence investments and their impact on local economies
- Evolution of economic thought and theory
- Development of economic historiography