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| Other authors / contributors: | International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Department, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 1451895909
9781451895902
1281600733
9781281600738
1462304583
9781462304585
1452760357
9781452760353
9786613781420
6613781428
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| ISSN: | 2227-8885
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (page 32).
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| Summary: | The English-speaking Caribbean countries share a number of characteristics: they are smal the largest island is 11,424 square kilometers, although mainland Guyana is much larger at 214,970 square kilometers-open, price takers in international markets, and mainly export primary products or tourist services. They import most of their manufactured products, and trade is focused on the United States. Historical and cultural links contributed to their economic integration, which has evolved into a customs union, and government administrative arrangements are quite similar, a legacy of the British colonial era. A subset of the smaller countries have retained a common currency. Nonetheless there are several important economic differences based on their variations in natural endowments-Trinidad and Tobago is the only oil exporter, Guyana depends on timber, gold, and rice, Jamaica produces bauxite, while the smaller countries rely more heavily on agriculture and tourism.
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| Other form: | Print version: Hilaire, Alvin (Alvin David Louis). Caribbean approaches to economic stabilization. [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, Western Hemisphere Dept., ©2000
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| Standard no.: | 10.5089/9781451895902.001
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