Profiles: Heroes, Role Models and Pioneers of Trinidad and Tobago - by Nasser Khan

87 He held many top positions both locally and regionally: economic advisor to Trinidad and Tobago’s Prime Minister, Dr. Eric Williams; President of the Caribbean Development Bank; Chancellor of the University of Guyana, Vice Chairman of the West Indian Commission; Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago; the second (and last) Secretary-General of CARIFTA, the first Secretary-General of the CARICOM. His booklet in 1972 entitled From CARIFTA to the Caribbean Community outlined policies for further uniting the region. Internationally Dr. Demas was renowned for his brilliance and expertise as an economist and development specialist for which he was elected to serve on several United Nations and Commonwealth Committees and Groupings. Like fellow economist Frank Rampersad, he was one of the most avid supporters and advocates of the Caribbean integration movement, charting its direction through his contributions to the regional economy and trade policy. There is a collection of his material at the West Indiana and Special Collections Division at UWI. • Honoured at the 13th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in 1992 • 1988 Trinity Cross • 1969 Humming Bird Gold W. ARTHUR LEWIS (1915-1991) A rthur Lewis was a St Lucian economist well known for his contributions in the field of economic development. In 1979 he won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He received his PhD degree from the London School of Economics. Along with William Demas and Lloyd Best he was one of the top economists whose theories helped shape the economies of T&T and the wider Caribbean especially. In his most influential development economics article, Economic Development with Unlimited Supplies of Labour he introduced what came to be called the Dual Sector model, or the “Lewis Model.” In 1959 he was appointed Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and was knighted in 1963, becoming Sir (Dr.) Arthur Lewis. In 1963 was also appointed a University Professor at Princeton