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Abstract
These musings led me to the topic “Caribbean economic development in the post Washington consensus period”. While much of the presentation will relate to the English-speaking Caribbean, and more particularly the member states of the Caribbean community, we are acutely aware that both Lewis and Beckford had a much broader concept of the Caribbean and their influence has been much wider.
We have structured the presentation in five parts as follows:
I. A brief background
II. Brief notes on Lewis and Beckford
III. A summary view of the Washington consensus
IV. Recent Caribbean economic performance; and
V. Some pointers to the future of the Caribbean through Lewis/Beckford lenses