New book published on Belize

In his eleven years as a university professor in Belize, Dr. Joseph Iyo, has certainly left his mark, not only as a teacher, but also as a researcher and architect of advances in the nation’s school curriculum. Today he lived up to his billing as a “special kind of academic” with the launch of his book, A concise history of Economic Development in Belize. The study, accounting for the years 1981 to 2005, is written so the reader need not be an economist to understand it and the numerous statistical tables should be helpful to students and journalists. One of the major features noted by Iyo is the increasingly important role of the private sector. He also made it clear that the study does not pass judgement on government’s current financial predicament.

Dr. Joseph Iyo, Author