Table of Contents

Foreword
Abbreviations and acronyms
About the authors

1. Overview by Denny Lewis-Bynoe
1.1 The case for building resilience
1.2 Conclusion

2. A Vulnerability and Resilience Framework for Small States by Lino Briguglio
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Economic vulnerability
2.3 Economic resilience
2.4 A revised and updated vulnerability index
2.5 A revised and updated resilience index
2.6 The revised vulnerability/resilience framework
2.7 Policy implications
2.8 Conclusion

3. Developing a Governability Assessment Framework in the Context of Resilience Building in Small States by Jean Paul Fabri
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Resilience
3.3 Governance
3.4 The governability assessment framework
3.5 The system-to-be-governed
3.6 The governing system
3.7 Operationalising the framework
3.8 Case study: governance profiling for Malta
3.9 Conclusion

4. Strengthening Environmental Management in the Context of Resilience Building in Commonwealth Small States by Prakash NK Deenapanray and Derrick Oderson
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Key building blocks for effective environmental management
4.3 The quality of environmental governance
4.4 Towards a composite index for quality and effectiveness of environmental management
4.5 Priority areas for policy intervention: a summary overview

5. Strengthening Social Cohesion in the Context of Resilience Building in Small States With Reference to Commonwealth Small States by Godfrey St Bernard
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Contextualising small states
5.3 Reconciling vulnerability and social resilience
5.4 Measuring social aspects of resilience
5.5 Shaping policy agendas: some preliminary considerations
5.6 Towards policy agendas: small states in the Commonwealth
5.7 Summarising policy agendas and goals
5.8 Concluding remarks

About the Author

Dr Denny Lewis-Bynoe is an economic adviser for small states at the Commonwealth Secretariat. Professor Lino Briguglio is the Director of the Islands and Small States Institute at the University of Malta. He is internationally known for this seminal work on economic vulnerability and economic resilience. He is actively involved in the Commonwealth Secretariat's work on profiling the economic vulnerability and resilience of small states. Jean Paul Fabri is an economist specialising in governance and public policy. He currently works in the Private Office of the governor of the Central Bank of Malta and is a visiting assistant lecturer in economics and public policy at the University of Malta. Dr Prakash NK Deenapanray has published more than 130 research articles, technical papers and policy papers, and has generated patents while developing novel thin-film silicon solar cell technologies for photovoltaic applications. holds a PhD in Semiconductor Physics, ANU, and an MBA in Technology Management from LaTrobe University (Australia). Derrick Oderson is an environmental policy analyst, a trained physical planner and a qualified attorney-at-law. He currently lectures at Barbados Community College and in the Masters Programme at the University of the West Indies. Dr Godfrey St Bernard is a senior fellow at the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social and Economic Studies, University of the West Indies.