United Nations
ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean, Port of Spain
Trade
In the area of trade, ECLAC Caribbean places specific focus on the importance and performance of trade arrangements and agreements as mechanisms to promote economic growth and sustainable development in Caribbean SIDS.
Topic(s)
Activities
An Introduction To CGE Modeling focus upon trade and tax policy
An Introduction to CGE Modeling is designed to introduce fundamental concepts and practices of tax and trade policy assessment. The primary tool used is Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) modelling. The workshop will be a brief introduction to the practice of economic impact analysis, and a presentation of how CGE models are used to provide evidence-based analysis for Caribbean countries. The presentations will explain standard economic theory behind general equilibrium and will provide examples of CGE applications for tax policy and international trade analysis.
Seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean…
“There is no question that the Caribbean is shouldering an unsustainable debt burden which compromises the capacity of the economies for sustained growth and restricts the options available to governments to introduce important social and welfare programmes” the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, said via video conference in opening the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)
Launch of the Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean
The ECLAC Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, will launch the flagship publication Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean.
News
Latin America and the Caribbean Will Grow Just 0.5% in 2015
Vitalizing investment is key to boosting growth and productivity in the region, ECLAC indicates in a new report.
ECLAC Executive Secretary opens High Level Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago
Ministers and high-level Government representatives from the Caribbean gathered in Trinidad and Tobago to consider progress made in implementation of development strategies for the region on occasion of the 17th meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).
ECLAC Study on Foreign Direct Investment puts focus on the Caribbean
The Caribbean receives higher amounts of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) when compared to other developing economies, according to a newly published report from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
ECLAC assists member states
Antigua and Barbuda and Saint Kitts and Nevis are set to benefit from technical assistance provided by ECLAC Caribbean.
