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This 5 page paper considers how Barbados has developed between the years of 1990 – 2000. The paper uses the GDP (gross domestic product) and the HDI (human development index) to quantify development and loos at how this has occurred. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
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from colonial rule for less than half a century. Barbados is one country that is cited as a successful example if moving from a colonial plantation economy to that of
a nation were development is increasing the standard of living for the citizens by entering the global economy. Looking at the development of the country between 1990 and 2000
the development appear to be continuing. This area is an area that was once dominated by European colonial powers, even following the independence the colonial owners have remained a
strong influence. However, in terms of economic proximity it is the US which is closer. The economic development ahs also relied in developing relationship with traders . However development has
bee difficult. Countries such as Barbados have taken a conservative approach, especially when seen in the context of the protectionist policies seen in Trinidad and Tobago, which increased the difficulty
for other Caribbean nations. The models which have been followed have been described as having post-colonial mentalities and developing with "nationalist model(s) of economic development were more often than
not outgrowths of the postwar colonial development strategies, constrained by the same set of limiting visions that they inherited from their colonial mother-administrations, development advisers, foreign engineers, agricultural extension offices,
teachers, doctors, health practitioners, legal experts, and metropolitan commercial interests" (Conway, 1997). In looking at the development of any country we
can make use of different measures. One of the most common is that of the GDP. The Gross Domestic Product is a monetary value of all of the goods
and services an economy produces over a set period of time, there are also some exclusions to prevent double accounting such as the sale of second hand goods. However, in
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