Acknowledgements

• Author: UWI-CARICOM Project
• Pages: 7-7

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Introduction

The road seemed long and arduous, the process tedious but we managed

to reach the end of a journey which allows us to remove a lot of the mystique

surrounding the adoption of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy as

an integration model of choice by the Caribbean Community.

That we have been able to do this is due to the stalwart efforts of Joseph

Farier, former Director of Corporate Services, CARICOM Secretariat who

was commissioned by the UWI-CARICOM Project, to conduct a study intended

to treat with the CSME in all its dimensions thereby allowing this publication

to explain the Caribbean Single Market and Economy to a Caribbean and

indeed international audience known for its innate ability to cut to the chase

and get to the heart of any matter.

A debt of gratitude is similarly owed to W. Haslyn Parris, a distinguished

econometrician and seasoned author in his own right who employed his

superb editorial skills to present the manuscript in a manner which we trust

will warm the reader to the important material contained in this book.

To the staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat and the UWI-

CARICOM Project, we say, thank you for staying the course with your hands

to the wheel until what we hope will be revealed as a ‘rewarding end’, was

reached.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS