Future for small states: overcoming vulnerability
- Commonwealth Secretariat London September 1997
- 177, xviii p. maps
Dame Eugenia Charles - member of Commonwealth Advisory Group
There has been a death of solid analytical work done on the special problems of small states. This report attempts to overcome that shortcoming and provides a comprehensive analysis of vulnerability of small states in all its dimensions, including political, economic, social and environmental aspects. The Commonwealth's 31 small states (countries with a population of 1.5 million or less) do not form a homogeneous group, but share important characteristics which render them vunerable, including openess, insularity, enclaveness, weakness and dependence. These characteristics of vulnerabilty are examined both by type of threat - territorial, political, economic and social progress; but others have struggled to develop their economics. (Amended from Executive Summary)
General
0-85092-511-8
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
POLITICS
HUMAN RESOURCES
EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CARIBBEAN
00618-GG
Dame Eugenia Charles - member of Commonwealth Advisory Group
There has been a death of solid analytical work done on the special problems of small states. This report attempts to overcome that shortcoming and provides a comprehensive analysis of vulnerability of small states in all its dimensions, including political, economic, social and environmental aspects. The Commonwealth's 31 small states (countries with a population of 1.5 million or less) do not form a homogeneous group, but share important characteristics which render them vunerable, including openess, insularity, enclaveness, weakness and dependence. These characteristics of vulnerabilty are examined both by type of threat - territorial, political, economic and social progress; but others have struggled to develop their economics. (Amended from Executive Summary)
General
0-85092-511-8
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
POLITICS
HUMAN RESOURCES
EDUCATION
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
CARIBBEAN
00618-GG