And ultimately supervisors need to be prepared to take action to limit certain types of activities, or to slow their growth, if the risks are not well understood or not well managed. The third issue is the interconnections between financial institutions.
Agriculture and Agro-industry Our major success, one that we share with our Caribbean neighbours, is in the rum industry. The Caribbean, with help from the EU, has invested in the production and marketing of aged rums, and Barbados now earns more from the export of rum than from sugar exports.