Roads to competitiveness : human development with export growth : the Caribbean challenge Association of Caribbean Economists ; editor : M.F. Hasham ; cover design ald lay-out : Cliff Hasham

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Foreword, vi.-- Preface, vii.-- Acknowledgments, viii.-- Editor`s introduction / M.F. Hasham, 1.-- Part I: Human development and competitiveness. Education, human development and competitiveness. Introduction. The historical experience of Central American universities. The challenges for Latin America in the twenty-first century. The new generation project and formation of human capital. Redefining and transforming the university. The transformation. The real agenda, the agenda for the south / Xabier Gorostiaga, 11.-- Restructuring of production patterns, participation and development: core elements of international competition. Introduction. Restructuring of production patterns, export growth and human development. The new role of the social agents: participation and decentralization / Miguel Ceara Hatton and Rolando Reyes, 43.-- Accessing the embodied capital for Caribbean development. Introduction. The expansionary phase. Knowledge. Mobilization of knowledge. Vocationalization of secondary education. Curriculum / Ralph M. Henry, 53.-- Defining a Caribbean position on NAFTA. Introduction. The US/Caribbean trade record. The NAFTA challenge. Elements of a Caribbean position / Henry Gill, 69.-- Part II. Country experiences. Competitiveness, education and recapacitation. Introduction. Brief profile of the present dominican economy. Structural changes and labor markets. Main axis developments. Education and competitiveness. Competitiveness of the labor force / Miriam Díaz Santana, 91.-- Export promotion and human development in Haiti. Introduction. Human resource development and competitiveness. Character of the export sector. Export promotion and import substitution: a strategy for growth and human development. Policy issues / Ketleen Florestal, 103.-- Industrial restructuring and human development in the Dominican Republic. The industrial restructuring proyect. The integral development strategy. Experience at the sectoral level. The task at micro level. Industrial restructuring-revisited / Angeles Calzada, 121.-- Articulating a role for information technology in fostering development in the Caribbean. Goals and objectives of development in the 1990`s. Characteristics of information technology. Strategic issues for an effective policy. Research agenda and concluding remarks / Gillian Marcelle, 133.-- Education, health and human development in Jamaica. Introduction. Issues in human capital development. Macro-economic indicators of the performance of the jamaican economy, 1982-1991. Evidence of current health status in Jamaica. Indications of current education status in Jamaica. Strategies for improving education and Health status / Dillon Alleyne, 149.-- Possibilities for Cuba - Caribbean cooperation and integration. Introduction. Cuba`s vision. The Caribbean view. Possible joint actions / Eduardo Klinger Pévida, 175.-- Address by Gerard Pierre-Charles, winner 1993 George Beckford prize, 197.-- Contributors, 203.