| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 188 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover -- Front Matter -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Chapters Int-con -- Introduction -- 1 Economic Smallness -- Measures of Economic Smallness -- Smallness and Economic Scale -- Smallness, Environment and Economic Structure of Production -- Smallness and Knowledge Skills -- Conclusion -- 2 Agriculture -- The Plantation and Its Consequences -- Export Agriculture -- Domestic Food Production -- Weak Linkages -- Technological Backwardness -- Distribution of Income -- Underemployment/Unemployment |
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Metropolitan Policies -- Local Government Subvention -- Will Traditional Export Agriculture Survive? -- Declining Hectarage and Tonnage -- Rising Demand for Real Estate Development -- Labor Shortages -- Loss of Preferences -- Inefficiency of Traditional Agriculture -- Challenges to Expanding Food Production -- Agro-Commercial Classes -- Peasant Farmers -- Liberal Trade Regimes -- Science and Food Production -- Conclusion -- 3 Industrialization -- End of Ideology of Empire -- Industrial Strategy -- Effectiveness of Industrial Strategy -- Employment -- Foreign Exchange -- Linkages |
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Industrialization and Factory Workers -- Weaknesses of Industrialization -- Conclusion -- 4 Export Tourism -- Growth of Export Tourism -- Room Accommodation -- Foreign Exchange -- Agriculture -- Industry -- Employment -- Services -- Some Costs of Export Tourism -- Conclusion -- 5 Economic Integration -- Theory of Economic Integration -- Intra-regional Trade -- Agriculture -- Manufacturing -- Conclusion -- 6 Commercial Banking -- Growth of Formal Commercial Banking in the Caribbean -- Commercial Bank Lending -- Commercial Bank Lending and Economic Transformation -- 7 Education |
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Education in Colonial Caribbean -- Education Post-World War II -- Education for Economic Transformation -- Conclusion -- 8 Role of Government -- Scope of Economic Activities of Colonial Governments -- The Advance and Retreat of Government -- Conclusion -- End Matter -- Notes -- Introduction -- 1 Economic Smallness -- 2 Agriculture -- 3 Industrialization -- 4 Export Tourism -- 5 Economic Integration -- 6 Commercial Banking -- 7 Education -- 8 Role of Government -- References -- Index |
| Summary |
The book seeks to determine why CARICOM nations, despite their incorporation into the international economy for almost four hundred years, have experienced little meaningful economic transformation |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 22, 2021) |
| Subject |
Caribbean Community -- Economic conditions
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| SUBJECT |
Caribbean Community. fast (OCoLC)fst00533357 |
| Subject |
Economic development -- Caribbean Area
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Economic development.
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Economic history.
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Caribbean Area.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781785278129 |
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1785278126 |
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9781785278112 |
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1785278118 |
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