00898nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002400018245012000042260002500162300000900187520057300196583001900769  a03.02.01 F245  aFarrel, Terrence W.  aStructural adjustment and transformation in the Caribbean: management strategies based on the lessons of experience  b[s.n.]a[S.l.]c1987  a32p.  aExplores the factors which influence the success or failure of the domestic response to an external shock requiring the implementation of an adjustment programme. Identifies the importance of developing a sound information system that enables the nature, direction, duration and magnitude of the external shocks to be properly assessed. Stresses the importance of assessing the state of the economy and forecasting its likely evolution in light of the shock of an appropriate theoretical approach and the formulation of a programme based on a clearly-defined strategy.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR