Pursuing an Appropriate Development Model for Caribbean Small Islands: Can Past Experience help Subvert the Neo-Liberal Agenda ?

Abstract

The small islands in the Caribbean have always been externally-dominated. During the post-WW II period, the State and the people have struggled with their changing circumstances: often misguided, mismanaged, and mistake-ridden, but adaptable and resourceful nevertheless. This paper reviews past experiences and draws upon them to suggest paths more likely to bring about appropriate development of these small island's societies than Core-capitalism's self-serving directives of neo-liberalism. Paper presented in the Session ECO 17, "Neoliberal theory and practice in Latin America and the

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