00733nam a2200085Ia 4500100001900000245008300019260000900102520051700111583001900628  aMandle, Jay R.  aEconomic development in the Caribbean - facilitating technological innovation.  c1990  aNotes that until well into the 20th century, West Indian economic history was decisively influenced by its plantation economy, and with it Caribbean social institutions were promotive of large-scale, labour-intensive export agriculture.  As a result, a deep bias away from technological progress was present, inhibiting West Indian economic development, and this trend is likely to continue unless the ability to build and/or modify equipment used in production becomes the focus of regional development efforts.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR