OECS and ACS COUNTRIES

Regional cooperation in the Caribbean is important as :

• a means to correct inequalities in levels of development.

• there are different languages in the region

• outside influences are destroying Caribbean culture

• increased transport costs are holding back development

The letters OECS stand for

• the Organisation of East Caribbean States

• the Organization of European Community States

• the Operation of the Economic Certification System

• the Ordinance for Environmental Conservation and Sustainability

Multilateral agreements involve

• the many sides of trade

• more than one country

• transferring goods from one side of the Caribbean to another

• triangular trade such as the slave trade triangle

The OECS was formed :

• because Caricom was not benefitting the OECS Member States

• to compete with other Caricom member states

• because OECS members shared more in common than their Caricom counterparts.

• to further the objectives of Caricom

The success of the ACS hinges largely upon:

• its large collective population

• physical proximity of its members

• common physical resources of members

• common language and culture of its membership

Trade among ACS members can be facilitated because of the following EXCEPT:

• a wide variety of physical resources

• the proximity of member states

• a common language and culture

• globalization affects member states similarly

Which of the following is the latest effort to integrate the territories of the West Indies?

• Carifta

• Caricom

• ACS

• OECS

the Treaty of Basseterre was signed to ensure the sustainable development of its member states by...

• ACS

• OECS

• CARICOM

• CARIFTA

One Caribbean country that is a part of the ACS but not a member of OECS is...

• Dominica

• Barbuda

• Cuba

• Grenada

This Caribbean country is not a member a member of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States

• St Lucia

• Antigua

• Barbados

• Montserrat