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With the exception of attaining high levels of formal education, these modern Caribbean women entrepreneurs exude the same entrepreneurial attributes as the higglers and hucksters in markets across the region. Discovery and exploiting market niches, dealing with risk and uncertainty, and an insatiable drive are all demonstrated here, and of utmost importance, conducting business with a social and environmental conscience. It is possible to go on highlighting the role women are playing in business in the region with respect to diversifying our tourism product (ecotourism and health and wellness), the development of organic foods, beverages and beauty products, and in the cultural industries. However, all this would prove is that women’s role in business bodes well for the sustainable development of the region. Author: Jonathan Lashley, PhD., Senior Fellow, Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gv2izmHhmug 3. See page 4: http://repositorio.cepal.org/bitstream/handle/11362/27685/ S9000517.pdf?sequence=1 4. St. Cyr, Joaquin. 1991. "Participation of Women in Caribbean Development: Inter-island Trading and Export Processing Zones." In Women Workers in the Caribbean: A Selection of ECLAC Research, edited by UN ECLAC. Port-of- Spain: UNECLAC. Endnotes 1.

6. See page 2: http://ufdcimages.uflib.ufl.edu/CA/00/40/01/17/00001/PDF.pdf 7. http://www.geotechvision.com/ 8. http://www.geotechvision.com/about-us/advisory-board 9. https://www.jbdc.net/index.php/blog-categories/blog-vivamus-congue-turpis- in-augue/152-valrie-grant-geotechvision-enterprises-ltd-ncb-nation-builder- award-women-in-business-2013-winner 10. http://www.megapower365.com/our-commitment 11. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu19eh7ijXA; http://businessbarbados. com/featured/driving-electric-cars-barbados-megapower/ 12. For detailed information on Kreyol Essence see: https://kreyolessence.com/ 13. https://kreyolessence.com/pages/social-impact

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