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| The painting on the cover The Offering by Jonna Brasch, was provided by Art Professionals Limited in Jamaica. |
| Steven B. Webb is senior economist in the Country Department III, Latin America and the Caribbean Regional Office, World Bank. |
| This essay is based on and draws directly from Caribbean Economic Overview, a report prepared for the Caribbean Group for Cooperation in Economic Development by a team comprising Steven Webb, Lisa Da Silva, and Demetris papageorgiou. Marco Scuriatti provided research assistance, Deborah Trent assisted in the production of the report, and Elizabeth Forsyth and Marcus D. Rosenbaum helped with the editing. |
| Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data |
Webb, Steven Benjamin, 1947
Prospects and challenges for the Caribbean / Steven B. Webb.
p. cm. (World Bank Latin American and Caribbean studies)
ISBN 0-8213-33946-X
1. Caribbean AreaEconomic conditions. 2. Caribbean Area
Economic policy. I. Title. III. Series.
HC151.W377 1997
330.9729'52dc21 97-20135
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