00801nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002100018245008600039260005700125300001400182520047600196583001900672 a03.02.03 E11f aWilliams, Arthur aForeign aid, debt and technical assistance in small open economies: the ECCB case bEastern Caribbean Central Banka[Basseterre)KNc1991 a19 leaves aGives an overview of the economies of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank Region during the 1980s. Looks at external assistance to the region which comprises mainly of grantsl loans and technical assistance. Concludes that the underlying structure of the economy has not changed significantly despite problems encountered in the seventies and eighties. The process of economic transformation has been slow as the efforts towards diversification have not taken root as yet. c3/7/00kM2LMGR