Carvajal provides a broad base of documents, over 5,300 entries, on economic and rural development in the Caribbean (except Cuba and Puerto Rico). He emphasizes books, journal articles, and special publications that have an impact on the formulation of public policy, with stress on analysis, research findings, and recommendations. The reader will find a wide array of materials dealing with argricultural productivitym economies of scale, trade patterns, cultural assimilation, institutional rigidities, feasibility and regional studies, political participation, artistic expression, and many other topics that provide an ample reference framework under which development occurs, although they may not deal directly with economic and rural development.