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100			_aMandle, Jay R.
245			_aEconomic development in the Caribbean - facilitating technological innovation.
260			_c1990
520			_aNotes that until well into the 20th century, West Indian economic history was decisively influenced by its plantation economy, and with it Caribbean social institutions were promotive of large-scale, labour-intensive export agriculture. As a result, a deep bias away from technological progress was present, inhibiting West Indian economic development, and this trend is likely to continue unless the ability to build and/or modify equipment used in production becomes the focus of regional development efforts.
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