00927nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000240003524501200005926000250017930000090020452005730021358300190078620260716043141.0  a03.02.01 F245  aFarrel, Terrence W.  aStructural adjustment and transformation in the Caribbean: management strategies based on the lessons of experience  b[s.n.]a[S.l.]c1987  a32p.  aExplores the factors which influence the success or failure of the domestic response to an external shock requiring the implementation of an adjustment programme. Identifies the importance of developing a sound information system that enables the nature, direction, duration and magnitude of the external shocks to be properly assessed. Stresses the importance of assessing the state of the economy and forecasting its likely evolution in light of the shock of an appropriate theoretical approach and the formulation of a programme based on a clearly-defined strategy.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR