Towards Sustainable Development in Central America and the Caribbean

TREVOR EVANS Lecturer in Economics, University of Applied Sciences, BerlinPHILOMEN HARRISON Deputy Program Manager, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, GuyanaMATS LUNDAHL Professor of Development Economics, Stockholm School of EconomicsRUERD RUBEN Associate Professor, Development Economics, Wageningen Agricultural University, The NetherlandsCARLOS SOJO Director, Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Costa RicaREBECCA TAYLOR Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of Portsmouth, UKANDY THORPE Principal Lecturer in Economics, University of Portsmouth, UK

• Towards Sustainability in Central America and the Caribbean: Introduction and Overview; A.G.Dijkstra & A.Danielson Fiscal Sustainability in the CAC Region; A.Danielson The Fruits of Interest: Financial Liberalization and Banking in Central America; T.Evans Trade Reform in Central America and the Caribbean: Will Liberalization Resolve the Problem of Structural Imbalances?; R.Taylor & A.Thorpe Economic Reform, Citizenship and Social Integration in Central America; C.Sojo Crisis, Adjustment and the Dynamics of Gender Relations in Central America and the Caribbean; A.G.Dijkstra Economic Policy and the Environment: Structural Adjustment and Prospects for Sustainable Natural Resource Management in Central America; R.Ruben Sustained Growth in Haiti: Pipe-Dream or Realistic Possibility?; M.Lundahl The Performance of the Manufacturing Industry under Adjustment: The Case of Trinidad and Tobago; P.Harrison Index