Oral history interview with M. Alister McIntyre, 2001
Oral history interview with M. Alister McIntyre, 2001
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- Name
- McIntyre, Alister (Interviewee)
- Weiss, Thomas G. (Thomas George), 1946- (Interviewer)
- Title
- Oral history interview with M. Alister McIntyre, 2001
- Abstract
- Born 1930 in Grenada. Education: British-style secondary school, London School of Economics, Oxford University, Fulbright Scholarship to Columbia University, Princeton University. Career: lecturer, vice chancellor at University of the West Indies (UWI); chairman of Commonwealth Group of Experts on the New International Economic Order; United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD): Dir ector of Commodities, Deputy Secretary-General, Officer in Charge; Secretary-General of Caribbean Community Common Market (CARICOM), Themes: economics of development in the Caribbean, economics of small states, establishment of Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) and CARICOM, impact of Depression and World War II in the Caribbean, impact of the UN in the Caribbean, decolonization, Caribbean education, gender and development issues, development of Integrated Programme of Commodities, disappointment with the limitations of international organizations, geographical representation in the UN, capable leaders in UN, effects of political ideology on development policy, smothering effects of bureaucracy and rivalry on ideas and programs, impact of reports and writing on policy, importance of planned and focused international conferences, application of international models in the Caribbean, relations between small and large states, differences between Caribbean and Latin America, regional integration in the Caribbean, problem of the "knowledge divide," international migration, goal to improve efficiency
- Collection Name
- United Nations intellectual history project (UNIHP)
- Subjects
- Economists; Economic development--Caribbean Area; States, Small--Economic conditions; International economic relations; Decolonization--Caribbean Area; Education--Economic aspects--Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area Economic integration; McIntyre, Alister; United Nations Officials and employees; Caribbean Free Trade Association; Caribbean Community
- Format
- oral histories; sound recordings
- Genre
- Interviews
- Date
- 2001
- Note (Biographical)
- Development economist
- Note
- Interviewed by Thomas G. Weiss on March 31 2001
- Note (Provenance)
- Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, Gift, 2009
- Language
- English
- Library Location
- Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content - Catalog Record
- 13684646
- Also In
- Oral History Archives at Columbia
- Time-Based Media
- Time-Based Media
- Persistent URL
- https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-pb7s-1r72
- Related URLs
- Available digital content for this interview.