The economic impact of the Caribbean basin initiative: Has it delivered its promise?

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 64, 2007, Pages 79-119

  Potoker, Elaine ^a   Borgman, Richard H ^b  

^a MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC IMPACT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; IMPORT; REGIONAL ECONOMY; TRADE FLOW; TRADE RELATIONS;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS;

EID: 38049141264     PISSN: 08263663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08263663.2007.10816928     Document Type: Article

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