Abstract:
Belize is a small Central American developing nation only recently released from under British rule, left with a repressed economy, poor infrastructure, and corrupt politicians. Belize is also heavily dependent on the tourism sector, which potentially provides an opportunity for low -income Belizeans to integrate into the mainstream market. After addressing the current state of the nation, the implications of tourism, reform strategies and challenges facing the tourism industry, an understanding of future investment options may be evaluated.
It is not my intention to analyze or to address the flaws of capitalism, nor is to strike against multi-national corporations; it is not a critique of colonialism, or parliamentary democracies, or any type of government, except perhaps of a government exercising negligence so extensively as to condemn people to suffering. This is a chance for options to be laid out for a country accustomed to not have many options; a chance for a nation to get its foot in the door of economic freedom and human rights with the resources it does have left.
