Research Catalog

Title

The Caribbean : new dynamics in trade and political economy / Anthony T. Bryan, editor.

Publication

Coral Gables, Fla. : North-South Center, University of Miami ; New Brunswick, U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, distributor, [1995], ©1995.

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Additional Authors

Bryan, Anthony T.

Description

vi, 256 pages; 23 cm

Summary

• Prominent Caribbean scholars and policy experts analyze the implications for the Caribbean of a world in transition. Issues are presented in a new international context, including prospects for Cuba and Haiti. The effects of external debt and structural adjustment are reviewed; likely benefits and hazards of development options such as trade liberalization, privatization, and foreign direct investment are probed.
• The evolving Caribbean business environment and the political dynamic between public and private sectors are described.The external challenges for the Caribbean presented by the possible disappearance of unilateral trade preferences in Europe and North America are studied in chapters advancing a post-Lome strategy and planning for increased regional competitiveness. Also highlighted are intra-Caribbean relations and integration and projections for the future of hemispheric cooperation.

Subject

• Caribbean Area > Economic policy
• Caribbean Area > Economic conditions > 1945-

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Preface and Acknowledgments / Anthony T. Bryan -- 1. The Caribbean in a New International Context: Are Freedom and Peace a Threat to Its Prosperity? / Jorge I. Dominguez -- 2. NAFTA: Challenges for the Caribbean Community / Henry S. Gill -- 3. Europe and the Caribbean: Toward a Post-Lome Strategy / Anthony P. Gonzales -- 4. Intra-Caribbean Relations: A Review and Projections / David E. Lewis -- 5. Challenges to Caribbean Economic Development in the 1990s / Ramesh Ramsaran -- 6. The Evolving Caribbean Business Environment / Dennis J. Gayle -- 7. Privatization and Employee Ownership: Jamaican Models / Vanessa Spence -- 8. Caribbean Options Under Global Neoliberalism / Hilbourne A. Watson -- 9. Influencing U.S. Policy Toward the Caribbean: A Post-Cold War Strategy / Richard L. Bernal -- 10. Caribbean Economic Strategies and Competitiveness / Patterson A. Thompson -- 11. Epilogue: Coping with the New Dynamics / Anthony T. Bryan.

ISBN

1560007516(acid-free paper)

LCCN

94047502

OCLC

• 31782989
• ocm31782989

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries