Introduction / Robert E. Looney -- An alternative policy approach to growth and stabilization in small open economies / DeLisle Worrell -- Impacts of climate change on Caribbean economies / Masaō I. Ashtine -- Caribbean energy security : regional profile and challenges to integration / David...

pt. 1. Introduction : an overview -- part 2. The BRICS -- part 3. Key lessons : the path to emerging status -- part 4. Diverse success stories -- part 5. Likely success stories -- part 6. Possible candidates : the difficult road ahead -- part 7. Assessing the future.