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CARICOM at a Crossroads: A Contested Reappointment, a New Associate Member, and the Test of Caribbean Institutions
Jamaica Was Just Named the Caribbean's Most Peaceful Nation. Here Is Why That Changes Everything.
When the System Fails Excellence: The Demisha Roswell Controversy and What It Reveals About Jamaican Athletics Governance
The Criminalised Generation, How Jamaica's Refusal to Modernise Its Sex Laws Is Destroying Young Lives, and What It Reveals About a Nation Afraid of Evidence
Two Children, One Nation, One Examination
Confidence, Accountability, and the Crisis of Trust: What Andrew Holness' Latest Interview Reveals About Jamaican Governance
By Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher The Interview That Stopped the Political Clock There are interviews that inform. There are interviews that clarify. And then there are interviews that reveal — not merely what a leader believes, but what a country is being asked to accept. Prime Minister Andrew Holness'
550,000 Trained, But Are We Winning the Skills War? Evaluating HEART/NSTA Trust's Impact on Jamaica's Future
A record number of Jamaicans have passed through the country's flagship vocational training agency since 2020. The harder question is whether the economy around them has been built to use what they learned. By Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher Some numbers are large enough that they stop functioning
Thank You For Reading Closely: A Week in Review, and Where The McEwan Index Goes From Here
From a leaked diplomatic cable to a four-part investigation testing every official account against the documentary record, this week reminded us why independent, evidence-based journalism still matters in Jamaica. Here is what we covered, what it revealed, and what comes next. By Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher There
The Story That Keeps Changing: Jamaica's Widening Credibility Gap on the Deportee Deal
A diplomatic note, a formal human rights warning, and three different Cabinet explanations have now produced more documentation than public clarity. Here is the full record, reconstructed in order, with the questions it still leaves open. By Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher Part IV Three parts into this series, the
Who Watches the Watchdog? Inside Jamaica's Fight Against Corruption
Has the Integrity Commission made Jamaica less corrupt, and what would the country look like without it? By Janiel McEwan, Economist and Researcher There is a particular kind of Jamaican silence that settles over a story once it touches the Integrity Commission. It is not indifference. It is the silence
