00951nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000008000180001710000260003524500620006126000350012330000140015852006380017258300190081020260716043146.0  a01.03.03 B848  aBrewster, Havelock R.  aFuture of CARICOM in a changing international environment  b[The Author]a[Geneva]CHc1992  a26 leaves  aArgues that CARICOM and other models of Caribbean integration currently being offered are neither credible or realizable. Suggests that the best, unique, most lasting rationale for Caribbean Community is cultural identity and kinship. Proposes a West Indies Commonwealth with institutions at two levels viz Commonwealth institutions and inter-governmental institutions. Sees the Common Market's and Monetary Union's commitments and aspirations as being neither workable nor desirable, proposes a proxy to the FTA  and the CET arrangements involving a simple trade-off between the costs and benefits of imperfections in these regimes.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR