Contrasting Socio-Economic and Demographic Profiles of Two, Small Island, Economic Species: MIRAB versus PROFIT/SITE

The MIRAB model developed by Bertram and Watters, based on remittances and aid, has dominated the small island economy literature for two decades. Recently, two challenges have surfaced: the PROFIT formulation emphasizing domestic policy flexibility - a so-called ‘resourcefulness of jurisdiction’ -...

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Main Authors: Ashley Oberst, Jerome L. McElroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Island Studies Journal 2007-11-01
Series:Island Studies Journal
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Online Access:http://www.islandstudies.ca/system/files/u2/ISJ-2-2-2007-Oberst-McElroy-pp163-176.pdf