00922nam a2200109Ia 4500080001800000100002600018245006200044260003500106300001400141520063800155583001900793 a01.03.03 B848 aBrewster, Havelock R. aFuture of CARICOM in a changing international environment b[The Author]a[Geneva]CHc1992 a26 leaves aArgues that CARICOM and other models of Caribbean integration currently being offered are neither credible or realizable. Suggests that the best, unique, most lasting rationale for Caribbean Community is cultural identity and kinship. Proposes a West Indies Commonwealth with institutions at two levels viz Commonwealth institutions and inter-governmental institutions. Sees the Common Market's and Monetary Union's commitments and aspirations as being neither workable nor desirable, proposes a proxy to the FTA and the CET arrangements involving a simple trade-off between the costs and benefits of imperfections in these regimes. c3/7/00kM2LMGR