Papers arising from a conference of the Center for International Affairs entitled "The Caribbean: identity, politics, and economy" held at Harvard University in May 1994.

Includes bibliographical references.

Preface / Steven B. Bloomfield -- Introduction / Winston C. Dookeran -- Crosscurrents in Caribbean policy analysis / Winston C. Dookeran -- Adjustment and growth in the Caribbean : the missing ingredient / Nancy Birdsall -- Caribbean identity and survival in a global economy / Charles A.T. Skeete -- The future of the Caribbean Community / Havelock R.H. Ross-Brewster --Caribbean Regional cooperation and strategic alliances / David E. Lewis -- Adjustment, reform and growth in the Caribbean / Bertus J. Meins -- The East Asian experience and its relevance to the Caribbean / Sarath Rajapatirana --The Caribbean in economic transition / Elena M. Suárez -- Political management of conflict in a multicultural society / Ramesh Deosaran -- In search of Caribbean Basin sociocentric self-interest / Karen S. Walch --The United States, democracy, and the Caribbean / Richard J. Bloomfield -- The Group of Three : political concertation, trade liberalization and regionalism in the Caribbean Basin / Andrés Serbin -- The European Union and the Caribbean : challenges ahead / Amos Tincani -- The United States, the Caribbean Basin, and the post-cold war international order / Alan K. Henrikson.