00686nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000190001724500880003626000090012452003910013358300170052494200060054199900170054720260716043821.0  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  cA  c54784d54784