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Intro -- SMALL ECONOMIES AND GLOBAL ECONOMICS -- NOTICE TO THE READER -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- SMALL ECONOMIES IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD:ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,HUMAN WELL-BEING AND SUSTAINABILITY -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. SMALL ECONOMIES AND THEIR VULNERABILITIES -- 2.1. Definition of Small Economy -- 2.2. The Sources of Vulnerabilities -- 3. AGGREGATE DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENT INDICATORS -- Adjusted Net Savings -- Ecological Deficit/Reserve (EDR) -- Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) -- 4. DATA AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- ECONOMIC PROSPECTS FOR SMALL ISLANDECONOMIES, PARTICULARLY IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC,IN A GLOBALISING WORLD -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE HETEROGENEITY OF SOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND ECONOMIESAND NEIGHBOURING ISLAND ECONOMIES -- 2.1. Diversity of Size -- 2.2. Involvement in International Trade and Exchange - SubstantialVariation -- 2.3. Geographic, Ethnic and Cultural Differences -- 2.4. International Political Associat -- 2.5. Differences in the Extent of Economic Development of Pacific IslandCountries -- 3. THE MIRAB PARADIGM OF PACIFIC ISLAND ECONOMIESAND GLOBALISATION PROCESSES -- 4. GLOBALISATION AND THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OFSOUTH PACIFIC ISLAND COUNTRIES -- 5. CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- PROFILING ECONOMIC VULNERABILITY ANDRESILIENCE IN SMALL STATES: CONCEPTUALUNDERPINNINGS -- ABSTRACT -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- 2. THE MEASUREMENT OF ECONOMIC VULNERABILITYAND RESILIENCE -- The Measurement of Economic Vulnerability -- Four Country Scenarios -- Measuring Economic Resilience -- 3. A COUNTRY-BASED APPROACH -- Assessing the Symptoms of Economic Vulnerability or Lack of Resilience -- Assessing the Causes of Economic Vulnerability -- Assessing the Sources of Economic Resilience -- 4. CONCLUSIONS -- REFERENCES.