00941nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002400018245008000042260002700122300002000149520064300169583001900812  a03.02.03 S989  aLestrade, Swinburne  aEconomic development and prospects of the OECS setting and overview : draft  bOECSaCastriesLCc1987  a11 p. [3]leaves  aReviews economic structure of OECS countries focussing on the monocultural nature of their production structures and also their dependence on tourism.  Identifies 5 characteristics which mark the dependence of the OECS states eg. the continuing demand at good prices for raw agricultural produce on the part of the buying countries; structural rigidities in their public finance systems and also within their economic and social systems.  Focusses on the economic growth of OECS states looking briefly at sectors contributing to the GDP viz. government services, agriculture, manufacturing, banking and insurance, real estate and housing.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR