00610nam a2200085Ia 4500100001900000245008800019260000900107520039100116583001700507  aFrancis, Brian  aTrade and economic growth in Jamaica : are there lessons for the Eastern Caribbean?  c2007  aExamines the relationship between trade and economic growth in Jamaica using data covering the period 1971-2001, while incorporating the effect of agricultural export diversification on the trade-growth nexus.  Concludes that liberalised trade and agricultural policies have the potential to generate improved economic growth in Jamaica and to provide lessons for the Eastern Caribbean.  c7/5/07kJOYD