<P> With advanced education come more career opportunities . In the host countries, there is a lot of demand for healthcare workers, which means more job opportunities for the women . Caribbean women also emigrate in such large numbers to developed countries to earn higher pay . Income earned in host countries is usually enough for a female immigrant from the Caribbean to live off of and still send remittances back home . Additionally, the currencies from host countries have more purchasing power than the domestic currency in the Caribbean . Money being sent back to Caribbean countries allows for individuals to set up for retirement accounts and provide financial support to the families that the Caribbean women left behind . </P> <P> The labor exportation from the Caribbean to the host countries is offering education and employment opportunities to women, but is also limiting the opportunities for the Caribbean . The educated women who want to learn advanced skills and have the potential to make a difference in and on their home countries are travelling abroad, and in large part are staying abroad to take full advantage of the education and the economic prospects . The health care education systems and quality of health care declines because the participants are leaving . Guyana is one of the top 10 countries that export labor . In the rural areas, 80% of their health care is provided by nurses . Lately, however, there been serious deficiencies and neglect in the health care market due to Caribbean nurses staying abroad after pursuing their education . Guyana's economy is also heavily dependent of remittances . Guyana is one of the top countries to benefit from remittances from nursing labor . The country's largest source of foreign exchange is remittances with there being approximately $218 million United States dollars counted in 2006 from remittances, money that did not include transfers from the informal sectors . This dependence on the developed foreign economy leaves Guyana vulnerable to any changes or crashes that the developed country may face . The remittances that Guyana is receiving are helping to sustain the economy but also have the potential effect of really crippling it, if nurses lose their jobs or receive pay cuts and can no longer send back a hefty amount of remittances . </P> <P> The Caribbean governments are increasingly looking at the need for digital communications networks to help economic growth . </P>

In which caribbean country is the production of lumber a major economic activity