Handbook of Caribbean Economies

NOTE EDITORE

This volume aims to illustrate the uniqueness of the economies of the countries and territories of the Caribbean as well as the similarities they share with other regions. While most countries in the region share many of the characteristics of middle-income countries, theirs is a matter of extremes. Their generally small size suggests a fragility not found elsewhere. While much of the world is beginning to feel some effects of climate change, the Caribbean is ground zero. These factors suggest a difficult road ahead, but the chapters presented in this volume aim to help tospur the search for creative solutions to the region’s problems.The chapters, written by expert contributors, examine the Caribbean economies from several perspectives. Many break new ground in questioning past policy mindsets, while developing new approaches to many of the traditional constraints limiting growth in the region. The volume is organized in four sections. Part I examines commonalities, including issues surrounding small economies, tourism, climate change and energy security. Part II looks at obstacles to sustained progress, for example debt, natural disasters and crime. In Part III chapters consider the specific role of external influences, including the USA and the European Union, the People's Republic of China, as well as regional co-operation. The volume concludes in Part IV with country case studies intended to provide a sense of the diversity that runs through the region.

SOMMARIO

1. IntroductionRobert E. LooneyPart I Commonalities2. An Alternative Policy Approach to Growth and Stabilization in Small Open Economies DeLisle Worrell3. Impacts of Climate Change on Caribbean Economies Masao I. Ashtine4. Caribbean Energy Security: Regional Profile and Challenges to IntegrationDavid Goldwyn and Cory Gill5. The Caribbean Holds Its Own in Global Tourism CompetitionDeLisle Worrell6. CARICOM and that Vexing Issue of Size and ViabilityPatsy Lewis Part II Obstacles to Sustained Progress7. Debt and Fiscal ConstraintsLester Henry8. Crime, Violence, and Drugs in the CaribbeanSherill V. C. Morris-Francis 9. It’s Complicated: The Caribbean’s Relationship to White-Collar CrimeKristina Hinds10. Caribbean Natural Disasters and Country/Regional ResponsesRobert E. Looney11. Why and How to Use Fiscal Policy to Target the Exchange RateDeLisle WorrellPart III External Influences12. Venezuela: The Descent into a ‘Soft State’Anthony P. Maingot13. The External Economic Relations of the Caribbean: The United States and Europe Union ComparedGinelle Greene-Dewasmes and Tony Heron14. China’s Increasing Influence in Central America and the CaribbeanRichard L. Bernal 15. Regional Cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean: New Challenges and Agendas Cintia Quiliconi and Renato Rivera RhonPart IV Country Case Studies16. The Puerto Rican EconomyBrad Setser and Sergio Marxuach17. Haiti Wenche Iren Hauge18. The Cuban Economy: Socialist Stagnation with Caribbean Characteristics Richard E. Feinberg19. Trinidad and TobagoLester Henry20. BelizeVictor Bulmer-Thomas21. Guyana and the Advent of World-class Petroleum FindsClive Y. Thomas22. Development and Underperformance in the Barbados Economy, 1946-2018DeLisle Worrell23. SurinameScott B. MacDonald24. The Bahamas: Facing a Period of Climate Change and Slow GrowthRobert E. Looney 25. The Cayman IslandsScott B. MacDonald26. Guadeloupe and Martinique in the Caribbean Basin: A Comparative Analysis of Models and TrajectoriesAlain Maurin and Patrick Kent Watson 27. The Dominican RepublicSusan Pozo and Antonio María Giraldi28. The Jamaican Economy: A Caribbean Success Story at Last?Keith Collister and Robert E. Looney29. The Dutch CaribbeanScott B. MacDonald

AUTORE

Robert E. Looney is a Distinguished Professor in the National Security Affairs Department at the Naval Postgraduate School, California. He specializes in issues relating to economic intelligence and economic development in the Middle East, Latin America and Africa. Professor Looney has published 22 books and is the editor of the Routledge Europa Emerging Economies series.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781032399881
• Dimensioni: 9.75 x 6.75 in Ø 2.05 lb
• Formato: Brossura
• Pagine Arabe: 504