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Book SynopsisThe Caribbean on the Edge offers frameworks for the study of policy issues facing the Caribbean and identifies a new way of thinking among those who influence public decision making.
Table of ContentsList of Figures, Tables, and Boxes Foreword Alicia Bárcena Preface Winston Dookeran Acknowledgments Introduction Tamara Lorenzo The Evolution of ECLAC’s School of Thought and Its Influence on the Caribbean Daniel E. Perrotti Section 1: Confronting the Framework 1 Caribbean Development: Setting the Framework 2 Caribbean Policy Analysis: Shaping the Issues 3 Caribbean Catalogue: Recasting the Strategies Section 2: The Missing Link in Thinking 4 Policy Response to the Pandemic 5 The Politics of Development 6 Political Economy and Strategy 7 Political Logic and Economic Logic Section 3: Pathways in Analytical Leadership 8 The Imperative of Caribbean Convergence 9 Capturing Space in the Power of Markets 10 The Quest for Equality and Sustainable Growth Part A: Building a Knowledge Economy: Issues in Financing Higher Education Part B: The Distribution of Income in Trinidad and Tobago, 1957–1976 11 Small-State Diplomacy and the Liberal Order 12 Getting Governance and Development Right Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
