ABSTRACT

WehavechosenfivesmalldevelopingcountriesoftheCaribbean tostudytheimpactofvariousintegrationalternativeswithin theframeofreferenceofthetheorydevelopedinPartI.Three ofthefivecountriesarefromtheBritishCaribbean:Barbados, Jamaica,andTrinidadandTobago;thefourth,Surinam,isa memberoftheTripartiteKingdomoftheNetherlands;and finallytheDominicanRepublicisaSpanish-speakingindependentnationoftheregion.