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Volume 1. No.2. December 1977.



SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTER (SCR)



REGIONAL An informal relationship exista between the Center - through ita coordinator-



RELATIONS and the Institute of Social and Economic Research of the University of the

West Indies (UWL). In a two-year project researchers are studying water,



electricity, and telecommunications in the small islands of Anguilla, Antigua, the British



Virgin Islands, Montserrat, Nevis, and St. Kitts. The water aspect of the study should be



especially relevant to the United States Virgin Islands. The ensuing document, intended



for government consumption, should also be of interest to public enterprise.



A second study on Public Finance and Monetary Policy in the Caribbean includes the United

States Virgins. The study should help to answer questions pertinent to the current financial

situation in St. Croix and St. Thomas/St. John e.g. What are the capacities of the islands

for fiscal viability? Can they stand alone financially?



CRI/DEPT. A Macroeconomic Model of the Virgin Islands Economy, a three part study, is



OF COMMERCE: now in preparation under the direction of Dr. McElroy. The first phase, "An



V.I. ECONOMY. Export-Base Employment Model," has been completed. Dr. McElroy has been

working closely with the Department of Commerce for some considerable time.



ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH CENTER (ERC)



FACE During 1976 the several buildings at Lameshur Bay on St. John underwent some

LIFTING-- much-needed face-lifting and general repair. The facility should be ready

LAMESHUR for use by the Spring semester (1977-78).



WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH CENTER (WRRC)



PUBLIC WATER A two-year project, due to be completed in December of 1978, is underway at



INDUSTRY the center, being carried out as an integrated effort with the SRC. Initial

work on the study, "Cost, Pricing, and Demand in the Public Water Industry,

United States Virgin Islands," which was done by Dr. McElroy, is being


PUBLICATIONS



A. The first issue of Microstate Studies came off the presse in the summer of 1977.

Consisting primarily of studies carried out under mini-grants from the Consortium on

Research Training (of which CVI is a member institution), the journal is published for the

Institute by the Center for Latin American Studies, University of Florida, and the Uni-

versity of Florida Presses and is available from the latter (Gainsville, Florida) at a

cost of $4.00, This issue carries articles dealing with linguistics, planning, education,

and social research. Microstate Studies welcomes scholarly contributions dealing with

problems affecting small geographical and/or political entities. Enquiries should be

made of the Director of the Institute who serves as Editor.



B. The Virgins: A Descriptive and Historical Profile by Pearl Varlack and Norwell

Harrigan is a 72-page booklet which highlights the history of both British and U.5. Virgin

Islands from 1493 to 1976. Intended as a “ready reference" for significant events, this

first of the Institute's Heritage Series includes also available demographic statistics,

various illustrations and lists of islands and governors; it can also serve to enlighten

the reader who is interested in the comparative development of two culturally and

geologically similar but politically different groups of microstates. The publication

was funded by the Virgin Islands American Revolutdon Bicentennial Commission.



C. <A contribution to the Virgin Islands Department of Commerce's Second Quarter

(1977) issue of Economic Bulletin was made by Jerome McElroy. "Model Building and Policy"

deals with the mechanics and benefits of models . as a policy tool in the Virgin Islands.



D. On invitation of guest editor, Keith Henry, Norwell Harrigan and Pearl Varlack

co-authored "The U.S. Virgins and the Black Experience" for the .June issue of the Journal

of Black Studies published at the State University of New York at Buffalo. The article,

documented from local and other writers, traces the social developmem= wiF Uninir peupil

as a group from Danish times through United States Navy rule to the present and points up

the position/perceptions of indigenous blacks vis-a-vis other groups in the society.



OUTREACH ACTIVITIES



ENCOUNTER A series of routine "Encounters" was carried out during the Fal] semester

FROGRAM Intended as a trial presentation of a research article, tha monthly encounter

ie expected: to evoke reaction and criticism from interested participants as

additional analytical input into the finished product prior to publication. Drs. Canoy,

Jones-Hendrickson, Sprauve and Harrigan presented papers on "Acquaculture in the Caribbean,’

"Nursing Labor Market in the Caribbean," "Creolizing case," and "The Inter-Virgin Islands

Conference"; they were well attended by persons having interest in the respective areas.

It is hoped that the Encounters can continue to be a part of the Institute's program of



research ‘and out=-réach activities.



LECTURE The Annual David Canegata lecture on public affairs was delivered in

SERIES December by 1.5. Archibald, Esquire, Barrister-at-Law, Tortola, British

Virgin Islands, who is an expert in international law. "Congress and the

Presidency, Parliament and the Monarchy" proved to be a stimulating and informative address

which compared and contrasted the powers and duties of judicial, legislative, and executive

areas of government in two of the world's leading democracies. The meeting in St.Thomas

was chaired by Attorney Alexander Farrelley and in St. Créix by Judge Antoine Joseph. A

lively question and answer period focused mainly on Caribbean countries as the structure



of metropolitan government is maintained therein.