CARICOM for Single
Market
The Caribbean Community
(CARICOM) is on a road
toward a single economy
by 2015, and has several
early hurdles in
political work and
legislative changes.
An agreement in these
issues was signed by the
bloc's heads of
Government, at the
annual Summit held in
Bridgetown, Barbados,
last week.
Participants in the
event discussed at great
length the report
"Towards a Common
Development Vision," by
Professor Norman Girvan,
in charge of the
Secretariat of the
Association of Caribbean
States.
Among decisions and
commitments were an
increase in mobility for
people, a new identity
card, Air and Maritime
Accord and the Detention
Authorization Treaty.
"We have worked hard to
truly become a single
market. This is result
of a strategic plan and
serious decisions
assumed by CARICOM
leaders," stated
Guyanese president
Bharrat Jagdeo.
Jagdeo stated that in
Guyana, for example,
dependent on agriculture
and an extensive base of
natural resources, the
country's policy is very
different from other
insular states in which
Tourism is the economic
sector par excellence.
After reflecting on
those aspects, the
Conference made a
strategic plan for June
2008, to totally make
operational the common
economic space by 2015. |
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