Collected papers from an EDI Policy Seminar held in Bridgetown, Barbados, May 22-24, 1989

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Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Summary report / Alan Roe and Jayshree Sengupta -- 1. Increasing ineternational competitiveness: a conceptual framework / Gerald K. Helleiner -- 2. Fiscal and monetary policies in small economies / DeLisle Worrell -- 3. Wage price policies for increasing international competitiveness in the Caribbean / Courtney N. Blackman -- 4. Mauritius: An export-oriented island economy / Jayshree Sengupta -- 5. Managing entry into international markets: lessons from the East Asian experience / Yung Whee Rhee -- 6. The applicability of the East Asian experienceto Caribbean countries / Winston H. Griffith --7. Increasing international competitiveness:a Caribbean community program / Havelock R. Brewster -- Participants -- Resource persons

This summary report attempts to capture the main points of view presented both in the background papers and from the floor of the Economic Development Institute (EDI) seminar held in Barbados. The four main sections conform with the following themes: (a) the definition of a conceptual framework for measuring and monitoring the degree of export competitiveness; (b) the main elements of an economic package necessary to achieve improved export competitiveness; (c) the experience of successful exporters, drawing on two background papers - one in the experience of East Asia, and the second, on the export performance of Mauritius; and (d) regional arrangements to stimulate improved export performance, especially the role of the Caribbean Community.