﻿{"id":33,"date":"2021-04-14T15:47:20","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/policy-brief\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:25:31","slug":"policy-brief","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/publications\/policy-brief\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Brief"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"contentpage-div\">\n<div class=\"page-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div id=\"main-content\" class=\"pagecontent bodytext\">\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h1 class=\"page-header\">Policy Briefs<\/h1>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Policy Brief is designed to provide realistic policy recommendations to governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and other social and political actors. The Brief seeks to close the gap between academic scholarship and the empirical demands of policy and political decision-making. Consequently, the articles are written for a knowledgeable but general audience. They are also multidisciplinary in scope employing quantitative and qualitative methodologies. The Policy Brief is open to staff, students, specialists, experts, and professionals from the UWI and other private and public sector institutes.<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"lc-block\">\n<div editable=\"rich\">\n<h3>Recent Policy Briefs<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lc-block\" editable=\"rich\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/FINAL-GSSWP-Policy-Brief-April-2026-1.pdf\">April 2026 Policy Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Publications\/GSSWP-Policy-Brief-June-2025-1.pdf?lang=en-GB\">June 2025 Policy Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Publications\/GSSWP-Policy-Brief-September-October-2024.pdf?lang=en-GB\">September\/October 2024 Policy Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/fss-gsswp\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Publications\/February-2024-Policy-Brief-3.pdf?lang=en-GB\">February 2024 Policy Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/May_June-2023-Policy-Brief-GSSWP_UWI.pdf\">May\/June 2023 Policy Brief<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/January-2022-Policy-Brief-UWI-2-Feb-8-2022.pdf\">January\/February 2022 Policy Brief #6<\/a><\/li>\n<li>July 2021 Special Edition Policy Brief on the Covid-19 Pandemic Part A<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/GSSWP-POLICY-BRIEF-July-2020-Part-A.pdf\">July 2020 Special Edition Policy Brief 4th Edition on Climate Change Part A<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/GSSWP-POLICY-BRIEF-July-2020-Part-B.pdf\">July 2020 Special Edition Policy Brief 4th Edition on Climate Change Part B<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/January-2020-Policy-Brief.pdf\">January 2020 Policy Brief 3rd Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/March-2019-Policy-Brief-2nd-Edition.pdf\">March 2019 Policy Brief 2nd Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cavehill.uwi.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/81\/Resources\/PolicyBriefs\/December-2018-Policy-Brief-1st-Edition.pdf\">December 2018 Policy Brief 1st Edition<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t&nbsp;\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\t<br class=\"clear\">\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Policy Briefs The Policy Brief is designed to provide realistic policy recommendations to governmental institutions, non-governmental organizations, businesses, and other social and political actors. The Brief seeks to close the gap between academic scholarship and the empirical demands of policy and political decision-making. Consequently, the articles are written for a knowledgeable but general audience. 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