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Bahamas: The Economics of Culture

Written byJanine Mendes-Franco
Posted 20 April 2009 15:06 GMT

“It is not foreign investment that economists and development agencies are suggesting is the engine of economic development in the 21st century; it’s culture”: Nicolette Bethel thinks that the Bahamian government's apparent postponement of the Caribbean Festival of Arts is “a terrible idea”.

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