Dr. Don Marshall (left), Director of SALISES receiving the award from Professor Clive Landis.
A study titled “Youth are the Future”, and undertaken by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute for Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) is being adopted for policy making across the region.
That’s according to Dr. Don Marshall, Director SALISES, moments after accepting an award at a presentation function yesterday at the University of the West Indies. SALISES was presented with the Best Applied Research award for the project.
Dr. Marshall said that the research study made a number of suggestions to Youth not in Employment, Not in Education and Not in Training. He said that a number of the suggestions made in the report on the study are being tapped into by both the Caribbean Development Bank and the Inter-American Development.
According to him, the recommendations from the research constitute a body of protocols and policy measures that the CDB is now adopting for implementation across CDB member countries.
He also stated a member of the Research team was approached by the IDB who wants to use it “as a template for policy objectives and protocols”.
Lauding these developments, Dr. Marshall said that demonstrating relevance is something the UWI has to do.