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The economic development objectives of EPA are as follows.

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Bernal, R.L. (2013). CARIFORUM’s Development Objectives. In: Globalization, Trade, and Economic Development. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137356314_5

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