Economic development of CARICOM : from early colonial times to the present /

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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffith, Winston H. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London, UK ; New York : Anthem Press, [2021]
Temas:
Caribbean Community > Economic conditions.
Caribbean Community.
Economic development > Caribbean Area.
Développement économique > Caraïbes (Région)
Economic development.
Economic history.
Caribbean Area.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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