GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES
AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF NATIONAL ECONOMIES UNDER THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND
ECONOMY: TOWARDS A NEW ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY (NEG) MODEL
Abdullahi Abdulkadri1, Kevon Rhiney2,* and Lloyd Waller3
1. Department of Economics
2. Department of Geography and Geology
3. Department of Government
The University of the West Indies, Mona Campus
Kingston, Jamaica
Published online: February 10, 2017
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