Managing the hinterland beyond: Two ideal-type strategies of economic development for small island territories

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 45-60

  Baldacchino, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Economic development; Hinterland; MIRAB; PROFITsyndrome; Small island

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC PLANNING; ECONOMIC POLICY; POLITICAL POWER; REGIONAL ECONOMY; SMALL ISLAND STATE; TERRITORIAL MANAGEMENT;

CANDIDA;

EID: 33645936497     PISSN: 13607456     EISSN: 14678373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8373.2006.00295.x     Document Type: Article

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