No island is an island : the impact of globalization on the Commonwealth Caribbean / edited by Gordon Baker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Baker, Gordon (Gordon Meldrum)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Globalization--Caribbean Area.

Globalization.

Economic policy.

Caribbean Area--Economic conditions--1945-.

Caribbean Area.

Economic conditions.

Caribbean Area--Economic policy--1945-.

Physical Description:

viii, 135 : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Chatham House ; Washington, DC : distributed worldwide by The Brookings Institution, 2007.

Summary:

Behind the popular image of paradise islands In the sun, eight experts: Anthony T. Bryan, Trevor Carmichael, Winston Dookeran', Adonna Jardine-Comrie, David Jessop, Martin Lodge, Lindsay Stirton, Elizabeth Thomas-Hope, assess the future for small island states thrust from post-colonial protection into a fast-changing, externally driven and intensely competitive global market-place where most have few natural advantages and where some may be ill equipped to survive.

The book covers: strategies for complex interlocking multilateral trade negotiations, prospects for Caribbean agriculture and agro-industry, advantages and drawbacks of dependence on tourism, international financial services business, challenges to the telecommunications monopoly, foreign direct investment and regional development. It also questions current European and US commitment to the region and explores the tensions between nationalism and the practical benefits of closer regional collaboration.

Contents:

Introduction / Gordon Baker

Globalization and the Caribbean: an overview / David Jessop

Caribbean agriculture in the new global environment / Elizabeth Thomas-Hope and Adonna Jardine- Comrie

Sustainable Caribbean tourism : challenges and growth to 2020 / Anthony T. Bryan

International business : opportunities for the Commonwealth Caribbean / Trevor Carmichael

Telecommunications policy reform : embedding regulatory capacity / Martin Lodge and Lindsay Stirton

Foreign direct investment : policy issues and recommendations for Caribbean development / Winston Dookeran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781862031722

186203172X

OCLC:

144528897