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     THE IMPLICATION OF THE CURRENT FINANCIAL AND ECONOMIC CRISIS ON INTEGRATION:

     THE CARIBBEAN EXPERIENCE

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       Diedron Lewis*, Samantha C. Joseph**, Khellon Q. Roach***

      University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

      Trinidad and Tobago

      Published Online: March 15, 2017

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