BIS Review 102/2010  3  Many years ago Muriel Saunders and I did a detailed study of the provision of government services, and the budgetary cost of providing services. Sadly, it is the only study of its kind that I know of in the Caribbean.
Updates and similar studies are urgently needed; they are of practical importance, and can serve to inform priorities in the allocation of government expenditure, especially important in these difficult times.