This is the Keynote Presentation delivered by UNDP Resident Representative Dr Kishan Khoday at the University of the West Indies' 2026 Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture. Dr Khoday traces the history of UNDP's development assistance to Jamaica over 50 years while linking fundamental principles of the agency's development philosophy to the academic legacy and development work of Sir Arthur Lewis, a former Deputy Managing Director of the UN Special Fund, predecessor of the UNDP. WATCH the Lecture on YouTube.