CSME and the Intra Regional Migration of Nurses: Some Proposed Opportunities

Caricom as a small regional trading agreement is characterised by economies with differing degrees of development. This paper reviews the differing economic attributes of these various Caricom states and then discusses in detail how the intra regional movement of skilled workers such as nurses can help to solve some of the regional shortages of skills in this category of work that may exists whilst at the same time providing considerable benefits for migrant nurses without the drift of their skills beyond the region.