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AbstractIn an analysis of the administration of government in the British Virgin Islands the Deputy Governor's use of team or collective management techniques stands out as an important factor in the success of the Islands in coping with problems of small scale and of sparse resources. This method of reaching general decisions may be rooted in the country's African heritage, which was little touched by the brief attempt of English planters to develop a colony in the Islands. In any event, this heritage may be reinforceable as a bulwark against Americanization.

AbstractAs in the preceding articles on Bermuda and the Cayman Islands (Kersell, 1985 and 1987), our present purpose is simply to describe how a Commonwealth microstate, the Turks and Caicos Islands, has adapted the principles of the Westminster‐Whitehall model to its particular conditions. It is even smaller than Bermuda or Cayman, and far less prosperous. Thus it has found it necessary to further scale down both jobs (to create employment) and services (to economize). To accomplish the latter, it must also omit altogether a number of government activities. The Turks and Caicos Islands are the least developed as compared to Bermuda, Cayman, or even the British Virgin Islands. It is interesting that they alone have not only tried to conserve their traditional economic base in fisheries, but have also launched vigorously into mariculture on several fronts. Later than Bermuda and Cayman, they have turned to tourism and offshore finance in order to develop economically. The base for such development, as elsewhere, is their people–a resource threatened more seriously than elsewhere by the North American appetite for illicit drugs.

The Cayman Islands use some of the increasingly familiar methods of resolving administratively the problems of smallness. The country's development and administrative performance depend on human resources which need to be planned in order to reduce dependence on outsiders, especially among the middle ranks of technical and professional staff. The problems of public administration are solved by scaling down the role of government in favour of private enterprise and against the provision of social welfare

AbstractThe Cayman Islands use some of the increasingly familiar methods of resolving administratively the problems of smallness. The country's development and administrative performance depend on human resources which need to be planned in order to reduce dependence on outsiders, especially among the middle ranks of technical and professional staff. Education and training for the public service in the Cayman Islands is inadequate. Control of the administration is weak, especially among the independent boards and commissions, and there is a need for appeal procedures when the principles of natural justice have been breached. Political manipultion in personnel matters adversely affects performance, and there is a need for an effective civil service association to deal with other abuses. The problems of public administration are solved by scaling down the role of government in favour of private enterprise and against the provision of social welfare.