In 1974, McIntyre temporarily left behind his academic career as a developmental economist at the University of the West Indies to take up appointment as Secretary-General of CARICOM (the Caribbean Community and Common Market). He subsequently held positions as the Director of the Commodities Division of UNCTAD (United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) and then Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD in both Geneva and New York. In 1988 McIntyre returned to the Caribbean as Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and, on his retirement in 1998, he assumed the post of Chief Technical Advisor at the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery. This book outlines McIntyre's extraordinary life and wide-ranging international career in diplomacy, politics and academia. It provides key perspectives on the development of Caribbean regional government and international institutions in the twentieth century.

PREFACESECTION 1 BUILDING CAPACITY Chapter 1. Growing Up in Grenada Chapter 2. Early Employment and Initial Political Education Chapter 3. Education in the UK SECTION 2 MY ACADEMIC CAREERChapter 4. UWI Mona 1960-1964 Chapter 5. Teaching in the United States 1962-1964Chapter 6. UWI St Augustine 1964-1967 Chapter 7. Institute of Social and Economic Research 1967 - 1974 SECTION 3 WORKING AT THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL LEVELS Chapter 8. Working for the Region Chapter 9. External Economic Relations of CARIFTA/CARICOM Chapter 10. Working at the United Nations Chapter 11. Other International Activities SECTION 4 ADVISORY WORK FOR NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS Chapter 12. Assignments in Trinidad and Tobago Chapter 13. Principal Assignments in Jamaica Chapter 14. Assignments in Other Caribbean Countries SECTION 5 DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES (UWI)Chapter 15. Working as Vice Chancellor 1988-1998Chapter 16. Very Brief Thoughts about the Future