Caribbean countries are highly sensitive to exchange rate manipulation and other forces that can adversely affect their foreign exchange and export-derived public revenues. Liberalization of the global economy has eroded preferential terms of trade on which their standard of living is based. Faced with changing political and economic alliances, they must advance technologically and broaden their economies.
In these essays, originating from a 1994 conference at Harvard University, researchers and political leaders analyze the economies and international relations of the Caribbean nations. The authors propose new forms of integration for the region to link productive structures among private sectors, increase institutional flexibility, and reduce costs of doing business.
To achieve sustainable growth, Caribbean countries must also develop their human resources. Merely opening the economy to the outside will result in further social and economic destabilization, unless governments manage the transition so that lower-income groups do not bear disproportionate burdens. Caribbean society must cultivate a new sense of civic identity, in which people feel free to practice their cultural traditions and embrace common goals.
Contributors: Nancy Birdsall, Richard J. Bloomfield, Ramesh Deosaran, Winston C. Dookeran, Alan K. Henrikson, David E. Lewis, Bertus J. Meins, Sarath Rajapatirana, Havelock Ross-Brewster, Andres Serbin, Charles A.T. Skeete, Elena M. Suarez, Amos Tincani, and Karen S. Walch.

The recent performance of the Caribbean Rim economies

Choices and change : reflections on the Caribbean

Dookeran, Winston C; Harvard University. Center for International Affairs

Winston C Dookeran; Harvard University Center for International Affairs

Winston C Dookeran; Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo

Winston C. Dookeran, editor

Inter-American Development Bank, Regional Operations Dept. II

Washington, D.C, Baltimore, MD, District of Columbia, 1996

United States, United States of America

Washington, D.C, 1998

July 9, 1996

1, 1996

Includes bibliographical references.
Papers arising from a conference of the Center for International Affairs entitled "The Caribbean: identity, politics, and economy" held at Harvard University in May 1994.

Papers arising from a conference of the Center for International Affairs entitled "The Caribbean: identity, politics, and economy" held at Harvard University in May 1994
Includes bibliographical references
Preface / Steven B. Bloomfield -- Introduction / Winston C. Dookeran -- Crosscurrents in Caribbean policy analysis / Winston C. Dookeran -- Adjustment and growth in the Caribbean : the missing ingredient / Nancy Birdsall -- Caribbean identity and survival in a global economy / Charles A.T. Skeete -- The future of the Caribbean Community / Havelock R.H. Ross-Brewster --Caribbean Regional cooperation and strategic alliances / David E. Lewis -- Adjustment, reform and growth in the Caribbean / Bertus J. Meins -- The East Asian experience and its relevance to the Caribbean / Sarath Rajapatirana --The Caribbean in economic transition / Elena M. Suárez -- Political management of conflict in a multicultural society / Ramesh Deosaran -- In search of Caribbean Basin sociocentric self-interest / Karen S. Walch --The United States, democracy, and the Caribbean / Richard J. Bloomfield -- The Group of Three : political concertation, trade liberalization and regionalism in the Caribbean Basin / Andrés Serbin -- The European Union and the Caribbean : challenges ahead / Amos Tincani -- The United States, the Caribbean Basin, and the post-cold war international order / Alan K. Henrikson

In these essays, researchers and political leaders analyze the economy and international relations of the Caribbean nations. They propose forms of integration for the region to link productive structures among private sectors, increase institutional flexibility, and reduce costs of doing business.

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