Over the next ten years it is likely that the ways in which we all think about the Caribbean will change radically. Oil and gas discoveries in countries once seen as being at the margins of the region; deep water ports offering close access to the enlarged Panama Canal; consequent opportunities to become a manufacturing and assembly hub for the Americas; the continuing development of tourism; and the region’s expansion as a well-regulated offshore financial services provider, all suggest new opportunity and economic growth.
They imply a migration in the Caribbean’s economic and political centre of gravity to those nations with clear plans to take advantage of their human and natural resources and their location.
They are developments that make the case for the region to be more confident, outward looking, better able