The end of green gold? Comparative development options and strategies in the eastern Caribbean banana-producing islands

Studies in Comparative International Development

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 25-46

  Payne, Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE; DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC POLICY; EUROPEAN UNION; POLITICAL ECONOMY; STATE ROLE; WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES;

EID: 33846094329     PISSN: 00393606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02686235     Document Type: Article

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