Oral history interview with M. Alister McIntyre, 2001

 

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.