00733nam a2200085Ia 4500100001900000245010200019260000900121520049800130583001900628  aGirvan, Norman  aDebt problem of small peripheral economies : case studies from the Caribbean and Central America.  c1991  aProvides data on Caribbean and Central America external debt and net transfers.  Notes that small peripheral economies of the type of Caribbean and Central America appear to have a distinct debt profile, with a preponderance of debt to official creditors, and limited bargaining power with their commercial creditors. Identifies steps that can be taken by these countries to improve their bargaining power with creditors and to enlarge their room to manoeuver in seeking a new style of growth.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR