This book challenges the common perception that significant regional disparities do not exist in small countries. As small developed countries become increasingly competitive and their economic structures resemble those of the large, a re-assessment of the regional consequences of these changes...

1. The politics of dependence -- 2. Multum in Parvo : questions about diversity and diversification in small developing countries -- 3. Industrial development in peripheral small countries -- 4. Small states : the paradox of their existence -- 5. Dependent development : problem of economic...