Title

Regional Integration

Definition

A number of groups ,societies or countries within an area joining together to cooperate and

operate under one system or as one group

Blank Map of the Caribbean

Labeled Map of the Caribbean

Islands in the Greater Antilles

Islands of the Lesser Antilles

Factors Promoting Regional Integration

There are many similarities among islands of the Caribbean.These similarities are the basis on which the islands saw it fitting to integrate with one another to achieve certain goals that they would not have been able to achieve by them

selves.The slide after this one shows what these similarities are

Factors Promoting Regional Integration

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history

Similar

social

problems

Similar

culture

Effects

of

globalizatio

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Vulnerable

to natural

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Similar goals

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language

Organizations Formed to Create and Foster Regional Integration

West Indian Federation

Carifta

Caricom

CSME

OECS

ACS 1995 to present

1981 to present

1989 to present

1972 to present

1968 to 1972

1958-1962

Systems That are Associated with Regional Integration

The removal of quotas, taxes and regulations

to allow goods

and services to entera country or countries

freely

A system in which countries

in the world interactand trade with each other

Free Trade Globalization

Benefits of Free Trade

Allowing goods, services and labour to be exported and imported between and among

islands means that citizens of member states will have

A larger variety of goods to access and consume and at very cheap prices

An Illusrtration of How Goods and Services are Exchanged Among Islands In

a Free Trade System

Jamaica

St. Lucia

Trinidad

Barbados

Eamples of Types of Products Exchanged Among Islands

Food Minerals Marchine Parts

Labour Information technology

Entertainment

Benefits of Regional Integration

Freedom of travelamong islands and find work

Improvement in the quality of life as a result of access toA variety of goods and services

Been able to better compete internationally

The development of various organization thatRespond to the needs of each island

Each island has more persons to sell its goods to apart from those within its own borders

Increase cooperation among islands

Reduction of the negativeeffects associated with globalization

Able to better negotiate against rich powerful countries

Question?

What are the factors that may prevent the islands from integrating with each other and if and when they do, what may influence them to

terminate this system?

Factors that Hinder Regional Integration

The island do not have the same economic policies

Islands are atdifferent stages of development so are unwilling to work togetherer

Conflict between territorial and regional demands

All islands do not have the same currency

They do not have the same type and amount of resources

There is conflict over how much to be contributed by each country

They are all prodcing the same goods

The islands are scattered all over the Caribbean

Problems Facing the Caribbean Region

Islands do not have enough persons to sell to within there borders

Islands do not produce a variety of goods

There is high unemployment

The islands do not produce enough goods to sell in order to make large profits

Continuatiobn

Vulnerable to natural disasters

Islands do not have enough money to spend to develop there industries

They import more than they export

They owe a lot of money as result of borrowing to sustain themselves

They often prevented from selling there goods in rich countries

Continuation

They do not often use adequate technology to increase production

They lack sufficiently skilled persons

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Labeled Map of the World

Negative effects of Globalization and Free Trade

Destruction of businesses as a result of an importation of cheap goods

Destruction of the local culture

Drastic reduction in the population as a result of migration

Islands owing large sums of money to big rich countries as a result of borrowing