00738nam a2200085Ia 4500100002900000245014200029260000900171520045300180583001900633  aBREITENECKER, Rudiger L.  aCaribbean Basin Initiative - an effective U.S. trade policy facilitating economic liberalization in the region : the Costa Rican example.  c1992  aAddresses some of the major difficulties associated with the implementation of the CBI, and explains why and how effectively Costa Rica has overcome these problems by exploiting the CBI benefits and pursuing the Initiative's objectives.  Argues that CBI contributed to economic and policy-oriented changes in Costa Rica that led to the expansion of its non-traditional export sector, and a significant increase in foreign investment in the country.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR