"A study of the provision of education, health, and social security in the Dominican Republic. Recommends a program for institutional reform that includes decentralization of government bureaucracies and community and private sector participation"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57

"Comparative, historical study of Caribbean urbanization includes chapters by S. Manigat on Haiti, D. Gordon and S. Dixon on Jamaica, and W. Lozano and I. Duarte on the Dominican Republic. Each chapter reviews governmental economic policy and its effects on urban areas, class divisions, urban...