Welcome
Welcome to this website. I have created it in response to many requests for
access to commentaries I have written, lectures I have given and interviews that
have been broadcast or printed in the media on matters related to the political
economy of the Caribbean and the Commonwealth.
These requests have come from university students, publications, academics,
government officials and business people in many parts of the world. In the
course of responding to these requests, I have been pleased to build up a
network of global contacts who now receive my commentaries weekly.
From a career that encompassed broadcast and print journalism, development and
commercial banking, diplomacy and international negotiations in both the public
and private sectors, I am privileged to draw on wide and varied experiences to
write, lecture and undertake consultancies. I have taken the greatest pleasure
in receiving comments and criticism from people all over the world that the
Internet has made a “village”. I have learned from many of the comments I
received. They have caused me to reflect on my own thinking. Through this
website, I hope to communicate regularly with all who write to me.
The website is now a permanent repository of the weekly commentaries going back
several years. Anyone is free to access them here, and to cite them provided my
permission is sought in advance through the “Contact me” mechanism. A few of the
lectures I have given in Britain and in the Caribbean are also posted on the
site in a PDF format which can be easily downloaded. Again, I would make the
same request to seek my permission before citing the material.
From time to time, where it is possible, the site will also reflect consultancies
that I undertake that may have an interested audience beyond the companies and
organizations with which I work.
I invite responses to my writings, and inquiries about the experience and
knowledge I can bring to achieving the objectives of companies and organizations
that do business related to the Caribbean and the Commonwealth.
My consulting work includes: country investment advice; negotiations with
governments and international organizations; structuring and implementing public
affairs programmes; designing public relations and information strategies;
negotiations with financial institutions and organizing and participating in
seminars for interest groups such as journalists, diplomats, and specialized
academics.
Kind regards
Ronald Sanders