Contents Foreword ix Preface xi Acknowledgmentsxv Chapter 1 Introduction 1 PART 1 Case Studies on Regional Solutions 25 Chapter 2Banking Supervision in OECS Member Countries 27 Edgardo Favaro and Frits van Beek Chapter 3Banking Supervision in the CFA Franc Countries 51 Christian Bracket Chapter 4The Regional Court Systems in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean 91 Sir Dennis Byron and Maria Dakolias PART 2 Cases Studies on ICT Regulation and Outsourcing 127 Chapter 5Telecommunications Regulation in the Eastern Caribbean 129 Edgardo Favaro and Brian Winter Chapter 6E-Government in Cape Verde 155 Edgardo Favaro, Samia Melhem, and Brian Winter Chapter 7Impact of ICT on University Education in Small Island States: The Case of the University of the South Pacific 193 Ron Duncan and James McMaster Chapter 8From Monopoly to Competition: Reform of Samoa's Telecommunications Sector 215 Edgardo Favaro, Naomi Halewood, and Carlo Maria Rossotto Chapter 9Exploiting Tender Processes for Budget Reform in Small Countries: The Case of Samoa 243 GeoffDixon Appendix A Overview of the Studies of Economic Growth 265 Edgardo Favaro and David Peretz Index 281