Crisis and Promise in the Caribbean

Economist, Academic, Politician, Winston Dookeran is the current Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and has had a distinguished career holding several important positions in his country, including Minister of Finance and Governor of the Central Bank, and outside, as a member of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and the World Bank. He has written several articles and books on Caribbean development and politics, and is the founding leader of The Congress of the People - a political party in Trinidad and Tobago. Educated at Naparima College in San Fernando, Trinidad, the University of Manitoba in Canada, and the London School of Economics and Political Science in the UK, Mr. Dookeran has been a lecturer at The University of the West Indies and a Visiting Scholar at the Weatherhead Centre for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA and at the United Nations University in Helsinki, Finland.

• Introduction, PerryPolar, Halima Sa’adiaKassim; New Politics; Chapter 1 The Old Politics; Chapter 2 The New Leadership; Chapter 3 The New Role of the State; Chapter 4 Towards True Democracy; Inclusive Development; Chapter 5 Political Economy of Development; Chapter 6 Synchronizing the Logic of Politics and Economics; Chapter 7 Addressing Inequalities; Chapter 8 Financing Development; Chapter 9 Drilling Down for Development; Caribbean Convergence; Chapter 10 The Caribbean Integration of Yesteryear; Chapter 11 Trade and Foreign Policy in Global Concentric Circles; Chapter 12 Measuring Sustainability; Chapter 13 Caribbean Integration; Chapter 14 A New Frontier for Caribbean Convergence; Chapter 15 The Challenge for Tomorrow’s Leaders;

'Having considered this work in its entirety, I can say that it is an excellent, distinctive synthesis of four decades of active participation in public life, by a brilliant academic who has worked tirelessly to give birth to creative proposals, designed to strengthen democracy, economic development and integration in the Caribbean region. As Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States, I have witnessed the evolution of the concept of ’Convergence without Borders’ which is so thoroughly expounded in this book. I am convinced that said concept constitutes a powerful theoretical tool to foster these bold transformations which are necessary for the emergence and development of a new political and economic vision in the context of integration among Caribbean peoples. Advancing the process of economic cooperation for investment and mobility of capitals, with the goal of achieving productive development in the Wider Caribbean, is the point of departure towards the full development of the ’Convergence without Borders’ as proposed by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, Hon. Winston Dookeran, in this magnificent contribution to Caribbean thought.' Alfonso Múnerva, Secretary General, Association of Caribbean States