00890nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000220001724500620003926000090010152006160011058300190072694200060074599900170075120260716043313.0  aNELSON, Augustine  aIncreasing international acceptance of sugar and bananas.  c1992  aDiscusses recent developments in the international economy which have placed the sugar and banana industries at risk, viz. the coming into being of a single market on January 1, 1993; the thrust towards global free trade in the on-going Uruguay Round of GATT; and, difficulties in hammering out a new International Sugar Agreement.  Stresses the need for bold policy initiatives if the virtual collapse of some Caribbean economies is to be pre-empted. Calls for the reduction of Caribbean unit cost of production below the international average, and new inflows of targeted funding to achieve tangible benefits.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR  cA  c44472d44472