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The Caribbean and the Wider World: Commentaries on My Life and Career by Alister McIntyre (Hardback, 2016)

In 1974, McIntyre temporarily left behind his academic career as a developmental ecomist at the University of the West Indies to take up appointment as Secretary-General of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community and Common Market). He subsequently held positions as the Director of the Commodities Division of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and then Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD in both Geneva and New York. In 1988 McIntyre returned to the Caribbean as Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and, on his retirement in 1998, he assumed the post of Chief Technical Advisor at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery. This book outlines McIntyre's extraordinary life and wide-ranging international career in diplomacy, politics and academia. It provides key perspectives on the development of Caribbean regional government and international institutions in the twentieth century.

Place of Publication
London
Spine
25mm
Content Note
25bw in 16pp Plates
Author Biography
Sir Alister McIntyre is a distinguished international statesman and academic. He studied at LSE and Oxford University and taught at the University of the West Indies, where he was latterly Vice Chancellor. He has served in a variety of high-profile roles in UN agencies and in Caribbean regional government.
Date of Publication
30/09/2016
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Genre
Autobiography: General

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