Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/52812
Year of Publication: 
2001
Series/Report no.: 
WIDER Discussion Paper No. 2001/37
Publisher: 
The United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), Helsinki
Abstract: 
Small states have always been more vulnerable in the global economy. This is so because trade comprises a larger proportion of their economic activity, and because they lack the power to set the terms or make any of the rules that govern globalization. Studies of small states tend to focus on the nature of their vulnerabilities, without considering that these countries have managed external pressures in different ways. Globalization brings opportunities as well as risks, and a more integrated global economy may enable smaller states to adapt quickly to changing conditions, and to more readily pursue strategic development policies.
Subjects: 
small island economies
growth
governance
JEL: 
F01
O19
O40
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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