Finance minister cites peculiarities facing Caribbean small states

Ashni Singh

Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh told a meeting of finance ministers of the Americas recently that the peculiar development circumstances faced by the small states of the Caribbean needed to be taken into account by bilateral hemispheric partners and multilateral financial institutions in their engagement with the region.

The Government Informa-tion Agency (GINA) reported that       Minister Singh highlighted the smallness of domestic markets, geographical isolation from major trading partners, limited opportunities for economic diversification,