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This is a selected listing of general references that may prove useful for others interested in educational development in small states

  • Armstrong, H W & Read, R (2002) The Importance of Being Unimportant:  the Political Economy of Trade and Growth in Small States, Lancaster:  University of Lancaster
  • Atchoarena, D (1989) Educational Planning in Small States: the case of the Caribbean, Paris: UNESCO
  • Atchoarena, D (1993) Educational Strategies for Small Island States, Paris, UNESCO: International Institute for Educational Planning
  • Atchoarena, D, Da Graca, P D, & Marquez, J M (2008) 'Strategies for post-primary education in small island developing states (SIDS): lessons from Cape Verde, Comparative Education, 44(2), 167-186
  • Atkins, J P, Mazzi, S & Easter C C (2000) A Commonwealth Vulnerability Index for Developing Countries:  the Position of Small States, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Bacchus, K (2008) 'The education challenges facing small nation states in the increasingly competitive global economy of the 21st century', Comparative Education, 44(2), 127-146
  • Bacchus, K and C Brock (1987) The Challenge of Scale: educational development in the small states of the Commonwealth. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Baker, R (1992) Public Administration in Small and Island States, West Hartford, Conn: Kumarian Press.
  • Baldacchino, G (2000) ‘The Challenge of Hypothermia. A six proposition manifesto for small island territories’, The Round Table (353) 65-79.
  • Baldacchino. G (2008) 'Entrepreneurship in smaller jurisdictions:  appraising a glocal elite, Comparative Education, 44(2), 187-202
  • Baldacchino, G and Bray, M (eds) (2001) 'Human Resource Strategies for Small States', Special Issue of International Journal of Educational Development 21(3)
  • Baldacchino, G (2001) Human Education Perspectives in the Caribbean, Commonwealth Education Partnerships, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Baldacchino, G and Farrugia, C (eds) (2002) Educational Planning and Management in Small States:  concepts and experiences, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Baldacchino, G and Milne, D (eds) (2000) Lessons from the Political Economy of Small Islands.  The resourcefulness of jurisdiction, Basingstoke, Hampshire:  Macmillan Press
  • Benedict, B (1967) Problems of Smaller Territories, London: Athlone Press for the Institute of Commonwealth Studies.
  • Bray, M, Charles, H et al (1991) Making Small Practical: organisation and management of ministries of education in small states, London, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Bray, M and Fergus, H A (1986) 'The implications of size for educational development in small countries:  Montserrat, a Caribbean case study', Compare 16(1) 91-102
  • Bray, M and Hui, P (1989) 'The implications of size for educational development in small territories:  the case of Macau', International Review of Education 35(2) 129-143
  • Bray, M and Packer, S (1993) Education in Small States: concepts, challenges and strategies, Oxford: Pergamon Press
  • Brock, C (1982) 'The legacy of colonialism in West Indian education', in J K P Watson (ed) Education in the Third World, London:  Croom Helm
  • Brock, C (1984) Scale, Isolation and Dependence:  educational development in island developing and other specially disadvantaged states, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Brock, C (1988a) 'Beyond the fringe?  Small states and the provision of education', Comparative Education,24(2) 167-179
  • Brock, C (1988b) 'Education and national scale:  the world of small states', Prospects 18(3) 303-314
  • Brock, C and Smawfield, D (1988) 'Education and development:  the issue of small states', Educational Review 40(2) 227-239
  • CARICOM (2002) Report on the Meeting of Ministers of Education of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the Signing of the Savannah Accord, Christchurch, Barbados:  Ministry of Education, Barbados in conjunction with Education Section of Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Carrington, E W (2004) Statement by His Excellency Edwin W Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community, Inter-regional Preparatory Meeting to Review the Implementation of the Barbados Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States:  Nassau, The Bahamas
  • Collier, P and Dollar, D (1999) Aid, Risk and the Special Concerns of Small States, Washington DC:  World Bank
  • Commonwealth Secretariat (1986) Educational Development: The Small States of the Commonwealth,Report of a Pan-Commonwealth Meeting of Experts, Mauritius, 1985, London, Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Commonwealth Secretariat (1986) Vulnerability: Small States in the Global Society. Report of a Commonwealth consultative group, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Commonwealth Secretariat Human Development Division (1996) 'Examination systems in small states:  Pan-Commonwealth Workshop, Bridgetown, Barbados, 6-10 May 1996', Report, Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Commonwealth Secretariat (1997) A Future for Small States: overcoming vulnerability. Report by a Commonwealth Advisory Group. London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Commonwealth Secretariat (2000) Education for Our Common Future: The Halifax Statement on Education in the Commonwealth. London: Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Commonwealth Secretariat/World Bank Joint Task Force on Small States (2000) Small States:  Meeting Challenges in the Global Economy, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Cowell, N M & Boxill, I (eds) (1995) Human Resource Management:  a Caribbean Perspective, Jamaica:  Canoe Press
  • Coxon, E & Munce, K (2008) 'The global education agenda and the delivery of aid to Pacific education',Comparative Education, 44(2), 147-166
  • Crossley, M (2008) 'The advancement of educational research in small states', Comparative Education,44(2), 247-254
  • Crossley, M and Holmes, K (1999) ‘Challenges for Educational Research: Partnerships and Capacity Building in Small States.’ NORRAG News, 25 (December 1999) 52-53.
  • Crossley, M and  Holmes, K (1999) Educational Development in the Small States of the Commonwealth: Retrospect and Prospect, London: Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Crossley, M and Holmes, K (2001) ‘Challenges for educational research: international development, partnerships and capacity building in small states.’ Oxford Review of Education 27 (3).
  • De Lisle, J. (2006) “Dragging Eleven-Plus Measurement Practice into the Fourth Quadrant: The Trinidad and Tobago SEA as a Gendered Sieve” Caribbean Curriculum, Vol. 13, pp. 91- 12
  • De Lisle, J. (2012) “Explaining Whole System Reform in Small States: The Case of the Trinidad and Tobago Secondary Education Modernization Program” Current Issues in Comparative Education, Vol. 15, No. 1, pp. 64-82.
  • De Lisle, J., Smith, P., Keller, C. & Jules, V., (2012) “Differential Outcomes in High-Stakes Eleven Plus Testing: The Role of Gender, Geography, and Assessment Design in Trinidad and Tobago”, Assessment in Education: Principles, Policy and Practice, Vol. 19, No. 1, pp. 45- 64.
  • Diggines, C E (1984) 'The problems of smaller states, The Round Table, 295
  • Ellis, P (2002) Citizenship Education in Small States - Trinidad and Tobago, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat in collaboration with the Ministry of Education
  • Farrugia, C J and Attard, P A (1989) The Multi-functional Administrator, London, Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Girvan, N. (2000) “Creating and Recreating the Caribbean” in K. Hall & D. Benn (Eds.) Contending With Destiny: The Caribbean in the 21st century Kingston: Ian Randle Publishers, pp. 31- 36.
  • Grant, R W (1993) 'Education in small jurisdictions, with reference to the Commonwealth Caribbean',Compare 23(1) 25-35
  • Helleiner, G (2001) Poverty Reduction in Small Countries:  What is to be Done? The Second Annual William G Demas Memorial Lecture: Castries, St Lucia.
  • Hickling-Hudson, A. (2004) “Towards Caribbean ‘Knowledge Societies’: Dismantling Neo-Colonial Barriers in the Age of Globalisation,” Compare: A Journal of Comparative and International Education, Vol. 34, No. 3, pp. 293 - 299.
  • Holmes, K & Crossley, M (2004) 'Whose knowledge, whose values?  The contribution of local knowledge to education policy processes:  a case study of research development initiatives in the small state of St Lucia',Compare 34(2) 197-214
  • International Monetary Fund and World Bank (2003) 2003 Small States Forum Background Information:  Partner Institution Progress Reports on the Small States Task Force Report Agenda, Dubai:  IMF-World Bank
  • Isaac, A (2001) Education Reform in the Eastern Caribbean:  implications of a policy and decision-making programme by an external donor, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Department of Culture and Values in Education, Faculty of Graduate Studies:  McGill University
  • Jules, D. (2006) “Power and Educational Development: Small States and the Labors of Sisyphus” in Afolayan, M., Jules, D. & Browne, D. (Eds.) Current Discourse on Education in Developing Nations: Essays in Honor of B. Robert Tabachnick & Robert Koehl New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
  • Jules, D (2008) 'Rethinking education for the Caribbean:  a radical approach', Comparative Education,44(2), 203-214
  • Jules, D, Miller, E et al (2000) Caribbean Education Strategy, Washgton DC: World Bank
  • Kisanga, E & Danchie, S J (eds) (2007) Commonwealth Small States:  Issues and Prospects, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat, Commonwealth Parliamentary Association
  • Lillis, K M, Atchoarena, D et al (1993) Policy, Planning and Management of Education in Small States,Paris: UNESCO, International Institute for Educational Planning.
  • Lloyd, M & Packer, S (1994) Educational Consultancy in Small States, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat
  • Louisy, C P (1993) Tertiary Education in St Lucia: Implications for Small Island States, Graduate School of Education. University of Bristol, Unpublished PhD Thesis
  • Mayo, P (2008) 'Editorial:  Comparative and international perspectives on education in small states',Comparative Education, 44(2), 121-124
  • Mayo, P (2008), Pace, P P & Zammit, E (2008) 'Adult education in small states:  the case of Malta,Comparative Education, 44(2), 229-246
  • Morrison, K (2006) 'Sensitive educational research in small states and territories:  the case of Macau',Compare 36(2) 249-264
  • Nkrumah-Young, K K, Huisman, J & Powell, P 'The impact of funding policies on higher education in Jamaica', Comparative Education, 44(2), 215-228
  • Peretz, D, Faruqui, R & Eliawony, P (eds) (2001) Small States in the Global Economy, London & Washington:  Commonwealth Secretariat & World Bank
  • Roberts, V (2003) The Shaping of Tertiary Education in the Anglophone Caribbean, London:  Commonwealth Secretariat.
  • Sanders, R M (1998) ‘Commonwealth Edinburgh Summit: A Beneficial Encounter for Small States’, The Round Table, Feb 1998: 38-44
  • Sultana, R G (1997) 'Educational development in post-colonial Malta: challenges for a Mediterranean micro-state', International Journal of Educational Development, 17(3)
  • UNESCO (1998) ‘Small States: Big Issues’, Quarterly Newsletter of the Unit for Relations with Small Member States, Bureau for External Relations
  • Van der Eyken, W, Goulden, D, and Crossley, M (1995) 'Evaluating educational reform in a small state:  a case study of Belize, Central America', Evaluation 1(1) 33-44
  • World Bank (2000) Small States: Meeting challenges in the global economy. Report of the Commonwealth Secretariat / World Bank Joint Task Force on Small States. Washington DC: World Bank.

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