Jan 23
Report Prepared for the XIX Summit of the Rio Group, Georgetown, Guyana, February 2007
With respect to small countries, particularly those in the CARICOM grouping, the Technical Working Group generated a large number of suggested measures and actions. Proposals for the consideration of the Summit should consist of a practical and immediate steps aimed at promoting expanded exports, tourism and investment for the benefit of smaller economies, without prejudice to longer-term action. Several measures were identified…
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Jan 10
My first observation is that there is very little that is new in this document, either by way of diagnosis or of prescription. It attributes Jamaica’s economic problems principally to the effects of violence, the debt burden and an inadequate education system; which is hardly a discovery. Its policy proposals consist mostly of broad generalizations and, when specifics are mentioned, these are vague and highly tentative.
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Jan 08
Prepared for the ‘Rio Group’ of Latin American and Caribbean Countries during the period of Guyana’s chairmanship, the paper assesses existing asymmetries within the Latin and American region, focusing on those related to size and vulnerability, and discusses their implications. It reviews the treatment of asymmetries in global and regional trade arrangements; and suggests concrete measures by which the Rio Group might give effect to recognition of the special needs of small vulnerable economies in schemes of regional and continent-wide cooperation.
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