The role of government in enhancing the competitiveness of developing economies - Selective functional intervention in the Caribbean

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 11, Issue 4-5, 1998, Pages 281-299

  Wint, Alvin G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Government; Jamaica; Trinidad and Tobago

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005563410     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513559810225834     Document Type: Article

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