Economic Inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean Policies and Solutions for Meaningful Change

Warren A. Benfield is a Development Economist, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES) at the University of the West Indies (UWI) Mona Campus, and an Associate Professor of Economics at the Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York (CUNY). He earned his PhD from the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, United Kingdom. Before joining BMCC, Professor Benfield worked at the Planning Institute of Jamaica, UWI, Hofstra University, Medgar Evers College, Kingsborough Community College, and LaGuardia Community College. He also worked in the Caribbean as a government adviser and consultant to several international development agencies, and in Tanzania at the World Bank Country Office's Economic Management Unit. His research focuses on public policy issues, including well-being measurement, social protection, poverty and inequality.

Kevin Williams is a Senior Research Fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, The University of the West Indies. He is an Economist, who taught both graduate and undergraduate courses. He specialises in applied and development economics in developing countries.

Dacia L. Leslie is a Senior Research Fellow and Chair of the Crime Prevention and Offender Management Research Cluster hosted by the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies (SALISES), The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus. She is also a Commonwealth Scholar (United Kingdom) and a Fellow of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law, Germany. Dr Leslie has researched and published widely in the last nine years on crime prevention and social justice, most notably on effective reintegration and correctional reform. Her non-commissioned research focuses on the lived experiences of inmates, ex-prisoners, removed migrants and their child dependents at the intersection of her teaching focus, which is on Development Studies, with a specialisation in Monitoring and Evaluation. Her peer-reviewed books include Recidivism in the Caribbean: Improving the Reintegration of Jamaican Ex-prisoners (2019).