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Economic development of CARICOM : from early colonial times to the present / Winston H. Griffith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Griffith, Winston H., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Caribbean Community--Economic conditions.
- Caribbean Community.
- Economic development--Caribbean Area.
- Economic development.
- Economic conditions.
- Caribbean Area.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (illustrations)
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- London, UK ; New York : Anthem Press, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- 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
- 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
- 3 Industrialization
- End of Ideology of Empire
- Industrial Strategy
- Effectiveness of Industrial Strategy
- Employment
- Foreign Exchange
- Linkages
- Industrialization and Factory Workers
- Weaknesses of Industrialization
- 4 Export Tourism
- Growth of Export Tourism
- Room Accommodation
- Agriculture
- Industry
- Services
- Some Costs of Export Tourism
- 5 Economic Integration
- Theory of Economic Integration
- Intra-regional Trade
- Manufacturing
- 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
- 8 Role of Government
- Scope of Economic Activities of Colonial Governments
- The Advance and Retreat of Government
- End Matter
- Notes
- 7 Education
- References
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 22, 2021).
- Other Format:
- Print version: GRIFFITH, WINSTON H. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OF CARICOM.
- ISBN:
- 9781785278129
- 1785278126
- 9781785278112
- 1785278118
- Publisher Number:
- 40030832096
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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