00744nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000220001724501010003926000090014052004320014958300180058194200060059999900170060520260716043558.0 aDownes, Andrew S. aMacroeconomic management and building social consensus : an evaluation of the Barbados Protocols c2004 aEvaluates the primary provisions in the four Barbados Protocols covering the period 1993 to 2004. Undertakes an evaluation of the economic and industrial relations provisions in the Protocol. Discovers that the results of the statistical data suggest that the Protocols have provided modest, but short-lived, economic gains and a useful mechanism for providing non-governmental parties with a 'voice' in public policy making. c5/19/05kJOYD cA c50152d50152