Increasing the international competitiveness of exports from Caribbean countries

This summary report attempts to capture the main points of view presented both in the background papers and from the floor of the Economic Development Institute (EDI) seminar held in Barbados. The four main sections conform with the following themes: (a) the definition of a conceptual framework for...

• Corporate Author: Banco Mundial. Instituto de Desarrollo Económico
• Other Authors: Wen, Yin-Kann, ed, Sengupta, Jayshree, ed
• Format: Book
• Published: Washington, D.C. World Bank. Economic Development Institute 1991
• Series: EDI seminar series
• Subjects: EXPORTACIONES; COMPETITIVIDAD; COMERCIO INTERNACIONAL; CARIBE; COMERCIO MUNDIAL

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Preface
• Summary report / Alan Roe and Jayshree Sengupta
• 1. Increasing ineternational competitiveness: a conceptual framework / Gerald K. Helleiner
• 2. Fiscal and monetary policies in small economies / DeLisle Worrell
• 3. Wage price policies for increasing international competitiveness in the Caribbean / Courtney N. Blackman
• 4. Mauritius: An export-oriented island economy / Jayshree Sengupta
• 5. Managing entry into international markets: lessons from the East Asian experience / Yung Whee Rhee
• 6. The applicability of the East Asian experienceto Caribbean countries / Winston H. Griffith
• 7. Increasing international competitiveness:a Caribbean community program / Havelock R. Brewster
• Participants
• Resource persons