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245			_aFuture for small states: overcoming vulnerability
260			_bCommonwealth Secretariat
260			_aLondon
260			_cSeptember 1997
270			_c
270			_dUnited Kingdom
300			_a177, xviii p.
300			_bmaps
500			_aDame Eugenia Charles - member of Commonwealth Advisory Group
520			_aThere 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)
556			_aGeneral
650			_aDEVELOPING COUNTRIES
650			_aECONOMIC ANALYSIS
650			_aENVIRONMENTAL POLICY
650			_aPOLITICS
650			_aHUMAN RESOURCES
650			_aEDUCATION
650			_aINTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
650			_aCARIBBEAN
797			_aCommonwealth Secretariat. Commonwealth Advisory Group
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