Atchoarena, David2022-01-182022-01-18Jul. 1989599https://hdl.handle.net/2139/52700This paper describes a study which attempted to: 1) use the monograph approach to improve knowledge about the situation of education in small countries, particularly in the Caribbean, and 2) distill ideas and techniques to make a technical contribution to educational planning in small countries. Part 1 presents a preliminary reminder of the theoretical and methodological bases of the socio-economic analysis of small countries to explain underlying problems. Part 2 is an in-depth, comparative investigation of small countries' educational problems. The study focuses on two subgroups of islands: those of the eastern Caribbean and those of the French West Indies. Part 3 presents alternatives and options open to educational planners, bearing in mind the constraints imposed by the countries' small size. The report accents long-range forward analysisSmall states