Resumen

The paper has three main objectives: to explore a deeper understanding of the relationship between SSSs and the macroeconomic system, and by extension, between the SSSs and the development process; to clarify for managers of the economy and SSS managers the warranted role of SSS in the development of the Caribbean nations; and to provide SSS reformers in the Caribbean with a framework for evaluating the contending proposals for SSS reform in this region.