The Economics of Development in Small Countries: With Special Reference to the Caribbean - Softcover

Demas, William G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 976640223X ISBN 13: 9789766402235

Publisher: University Press of the West Indies, 2009

Synopsis

First published in 1965, this classic work by William Demas, former president of the Caribbean Development Bank and committed regional integrationist, was released in a limited edition and has been widely unavailable for decades.

Adapted from a four-lecture series presented at McGill University in 1964, The Economics of Development in Small Countries deals with the special problems faced in analysing the economics of small countries and seeks to apply these concepts to West Indian economies. Demas’s thesis is that economic development and the achievement of self-sustained growth cannot be considered in isolation from the size of the country.

This edition includes a new introduction by Sir Hilary McD. Beckles, in which he considers the groundbreaking work in the context of nearly forty-five years of regional development and finds as relevant and important today as it was in 1965.

Co-published with the Caribbean Development Bank

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About the Author

William G. Demas was the first Secretary General of CARICOM, 1973–1974, and President of the Caribbean Development Bank, 1974–1987.

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“There are few scholarly works that have had such a profound influence on the economics profession’s understanding of the problem of economic development of small and micro-sized countries as William G. Demas’s The Economics of Development in Small Countries.”

–From the foreword by Dr Compton Bourne, President, Caribbean Development Bank

Edition details

• Publisher: University Press of the West Indies
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 976640223X
• ISBN 13: 9789766402235
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176