In this paper, the market situation of the pearl industry is examined and changes in its structure are related to new technologies. Differences in the industry’s socio-economic impacts are explored, sources of market supply are specified and factors involved in the marketing of pearls are...

In this chapter we build on the observation that island economies, and especially small ones (population below one million), exhibit a remarkably wide range of economic structures built on a correspondingly wide range of development strategies. Common elements of "islandness" may serve to define...

Les problèmes dus à l'éloignement et au protectionnisme et la nécessité de l'ouverture des petites économies insulaires des DOM-TOM sont examinés dans cette contribution. Les causes du haut niveau des prix et du manque de compétitivité sont analysées. Des stratégies de développement...

This article presents a theory of aid as trade. I assume that aid is a payment for an invisible export of strategic services to a large donor country seeking diplomatic goodwill and exclusive strategic use of a small country's territory, oceanic space and airspace. In a formal two countries-two...