Bio

Dr. Lashley has been with the Institute since 2000 and is currently a Senior Fellow. His duties involve conducting independent research; participating in external research projects SALISES is contracted to conduct; teaching and supervising postgraduate students at three campuses of The University of the West Indies.  He oversees the Special Studies Unit of the Institute which manages external projects the Institute is contracted to undertake.

Qualifications

PhD, University of Leicester, 2002

Research Areas

Dr. Lashley’s research is focused on sustainable socio-economic development, with a particular interest in entrepreneurship, enterprise development, microfinancial services, poverty alleviation and related cross-cutting issues of gender, youth and other vulnerable groups.  His work on small business and private sector development has been recognised with awards from the Government of Barbados in 2007; the Small Business Association of Barbados in 2009; and a 2014 Research Team Award from The UWI’s School for Graduate Studies and Research (Cave Hill) for an external research project conducted in the OECS.

Teaching Areas

SALI6050 Directed Readings on Thesis Topic
SALI6051 Research Design and Management
SALI6052 Specialised Research Methods
 

Select Publications

Bailey, Corin, Jonathan Lashley, Latoya Lazarus, Don Marshall and Ana Paula de la O Campos (forthcoming). Rural Poverty in the Caribbean: Assets, Social Exclusion and Agricultural Livelihoods. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Technical Study No. [unassigned]. Rome: FAO. (145 pages).

Marshall, Don, Jonathan Lashley and Halimah Deshong (2020). IV: Living in the Present: Caribbean Youth Not in Education, Not in Employment and Not in Training.  In: Telson, Laurence, Cynthia Marie Hobbs, Maria Jose Flor Agreda and Leslie Hunter (eds.) (2020). Masculinity in the Caribbean: Why does it Matter?. Washington, D.C.: Inter-American Development Bank. pp. 118-176. (58 pages).

Lashley J. (2019). With Corin Bailey and Christine Barrow "Rethinking Poverty: Assets, Social Exclusion, Resilience and Human Rights in Barbados". UWI Press.

Lashley, J. (2019). With Don Marshall and Halimah DeShong. Laurence Telson (ed) “Living Young and NEET: Does Gender Matter?” Masculinity, Violence and Caribbean NEET Youth, Washington, IADB. (111 pages).
 
Lashley, J. (2018). With Indianna Minto-Coy, and David Storey (eds.). Enterprise and Entrepreneurship in the Caribbean Region [Special Issue]. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(9-10), 921-941, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1515823.
 
Lashley, J. (2018). With Stephen and Catherine Robinson.  Barriers to Enterprise Development in the Caribbean. Entrepreneurship and Regional Development, 30(9-10), 942-963, DOI: 10.1080/08985626.2018.1515821.

Lashley J. (2017).  In: Andrew S. Downes (ed.).  Chapter 4: R&D, Technological Transfer and Innovation in the Caribbean Enhancing Productivity and Growth in the Caribbean.  Barbados: Caribbean Development Bank. ISBN 978-976-95931-6-9 (pbk)/ISBN 978-976-95931-7-6 (ebook) pp. 68-110.
 
Lashley, J. (2016). With Lawrence. A. Nicholson. Understanding the Caribbean Enterprise: Insights from MSMEs and Family Owned Businesses.  Basingstoke, UK: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN: 978-1-349-94878-9 (Hardcover); 978-1-349-94879-6 (eBook).


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Additional Info

Since 2006, Dr. Lashley has been the SALISES coordinator for external projects, and since 2004 has contributed to over 20 such projects, several as project manager and report author. He was the project manager and co-author of a report on Youth Unemployment in the Caribbean, sponsored by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) which won the Best Applied Research Award from The UWI’s School for Graduate Studies and Research (Cave Hill) in 2016.

Keywords

Microfinancial services, enterprise development, entrepreneurship, poverty alleviation, social renewal, sustainability, gender, youth and vulnerable groups.