Trade, transport and tourism / published by International Systems and Communications Limited in conjunction with the Association of Caribbean States ; message from Eduardo Stein Barillas, Ralph Maraj and Simon Molina Duarte ; authors Fay Durrant, Riyad Insanally, Len Ishmael, Frank A. Campbell, C.P.R. Dubois, A.C. Hannah, Sir Neville V. Nicholls, Roderick Sanatan, Ian Channing, Larry Luxner, Jean Holder, Maria Harding, Miguel Ceara Hatton, Sadiq Baksh, Richard Rowe, Mark Blacklock and James Toney.

Message from H. E. Eduardo Stein Barillas, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala and Chairman of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States, 6 -- Message from the Honourable Ralph Maraj, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad & Tobago, 10 -- The Association of Caribbean States and Trade Liberalisation in the Americas / by Simón Molina Duarte, Secretary General of the ACS, 12 -- Country Profiles, 16 -- Strategic Alliances and Information Networking in the Caribbean / by Fay Durrant, 42 -- The ACS and the Regional Integration Process / by Riyad Insanally, 54 -- CARICOM Works to Become a Single Market and Economy by the CARICOM Secretariat, 60 -- The ACS in the Context of Latin American-Caribbean Integration / by Len Ishmael, 64 -- Trade, Investment and Regional Cooperation: The Caribbean Experience / by Frank A. Campbell, 70 -- ACS Members and the Global Coffee Market / by C. P. R. Dubois, 82 -- The World Market for Sugar / by A. C. Hannah, 86 -- The Caribbean Development Bank in Pursuit of its Mandate / by Sir Neville V. Nicholls, 94 -- The Challenges Facing the Banking Sector in the Eastern Caribbean by Barclays Bank plc, 102 -- The Caribbean Responds to the Telecommunications Challenge / by Roderick Sanatan, 110 -- Telecommunications in the ACS Region / by Ian Channing and Larry Luxner, 118 -- The Caribbean Tourism Organization - A Study in Regional Unity / by Jean Holder, 132 -- Caribbean Dominates World Cruise Market / by María Harding, 137 -- Towards a Sustainable Tourism in the Wider Caribbean / by Miguel Ceara Hatton, 142 -- Uniting the Caribbean by Air and Sea / by Sadiq Baksh, 150 -- Private Sector Takes Increasing Role in Airport Development / by Richard Rowe, 152 -- Cooperating to Compete in a Global Environment - Airlines in the ACS / by Mark Blacklock, 160 -- A Passion for Sport / by James Toney, 166 -- UWI - Unlocking the Potential of the Region, 175 -- Useful Website Addresses, 182 -- Acknowledgements, 184 -- The opinions and views expressed by the authors in this bonk are not necessarily those of the ACS, its Member States or the publisher. While they have taken every care in the preparation of the book, they are not responsible for the authors' opinions or for any inaccuracies in the articles -- Unless otherwise stated, the dollar ($) values given in this book refer to the US dollar.