The implications of increasing globalization and regionalism for the economic growth of small island states

World Development

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-378

  Read, Robert ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Economic growth; Globalization; Regionalism; Small island states

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; GLOBALIZATION; REGIONALISM; SMALL ISLAND STATE;

EID: 0942288991     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2003.08.007     Document Type: Article

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