ABSTRACT
In a 1987 symposium on the Caribbean, participants—a broadly representative group of the various social interests in the region—enunciated a set of principles for a new model of development. The essential precondition for an alternative development strategy based on these principles in the Caribbean would be US adherence to the principle of noninterference in the internal affairs of other states. Any long-term development strategy premised on the principle of self-determination must include a reevaluation of the role of the external sector in Caribbean development. The alternative model of national development sketched out here necessarily depends upon the state playing a crucial role in the orientation of economic life. Nongovernmental organizations have also been more successful than the state in promoting cooperative development. The export-processing zones can hardly be regarded as a pivotal element of a sustainable development strategy which might enhance the standard of living of Caribbean people.
