This and its companion, the Programmer's Manual, comprises the documentation of the Caribbean Database developed by the Regional Projects Unit. This database is part of the support given by the Projects Unit to the Caribbean offices to allow them keep up-dated information on the economy and on the agricultural sector. The database should also allow IICA to provide this service to the Ministries of Agriculture of its member countries. The Caribbean Database is a system based on R:Base 5000 DBMS consisting of macro-economic data and agricultural information. Its design was guided by three main considerations: usefulness of information for IICA's use; flexibility in data entry and data retrieval; and user friendliness. (MIBA)