TY  - GEN
TI  - Future for small states: overcoming vulnerability
SN  - 0-85092-511-8
PB  - Commonwealth Secretariat
KW  - DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
KW  - ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
KW  - ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
KW  - POLITICS
KW  - HUMAN RESOURCES
KW  - EDUCATION
KW  - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
KW  - CARIBBEAN
N1  - Dame Eugenia Charles - member of Commonwealth Advisory Group
N2  - 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)
ER  -