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Seventh meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable

Economic development
12 October 2022|Event
ECLAC - Caribbean

Seventh meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable - The Caribbean: Recovery and Repositioning in the context of COVID-19 and beyond The Caribbean Development Roundtable will bring together regional and international development thinkers and practitioners, leaders and senior policymakers from ECLAC member States and associate member countries, representatives of the UN System, regional and international financial institutions, academia, and civil society, including the private sector, as well as other development partners. All are invited to contribute to the discussions. (Meeting documents can be found below)

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In the wake of the onslaught of COVID-19 which served to exacerbate the debt and vulnerability challenges facing the subregion, the Caribbean Development Roundtable this year turns the spotlight on recovery and repositioning, with a view to finding practical and workable solutions to invest in resilience, economic recovery and sustained growth. The Roundtable, through panel discussions and dialogue among policymakers and key stakeholders, will be updated on the progress being made towards the establishment of the Caribbean Resilience Fund.

 

The Roundtable will also explore other opportunities for mobilizing innovative and concessional financing for investment in resilience building and adaptation. This is to promote economic recovery through diversification and a deepening of integration within the regional economy, and through global repositioning with the international community's support.

PROVISIONAL AGENDA

 

  1. Opening of the meeting.
  2. Addressing vulnerability, debt and liquidity in the Caribbean.
  3. The multidimensional vulnerability index as an effective measure of vulnerability in middle-income
  4. Responding to data and statistical capacity needs in the Caribbean.
  5. Global partnership for repositioning, recovery and resilience in the Caribbean.
  6. Economic restructuring and diversification for deeper integration of the Caribbean with Latin America and in the global economy.
  7. Close of the meeting.

12 Oct 2022

  • Addressing vulnerability, debt and liquidity in the Caribbean

    09:30 to 13:00
    • Sheldon Mclean, Coordinator, Economic Development Unit, ECLAC Caribbean
      Presentation on the ECLAC Caribbean Resilience Fund
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      Dr. Angus Friday, Blue Economy Director, Waitt Institute
      Vulnerability, Debt and Liquidity
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      Elizabeth Emanuel, Technical Assistance and Corporate Communications Manager, CCRIF SPC
      Importance of Financial Protection Strategies and Disaster Risk Financing to Debt and Fiscal Sustainability
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  • The multidimensional vulnerability index as an effective measure of vulnerability in middle-income Caribbean small island developing States

    14:30 to 16:00
    • Tumasie Blair, Deputy Permanent Representative, Mission of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations, New York
      The Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for SIDS
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  • Responding to the data and statistical capacity needs of the Caribbean

    16:15 to 17:45
    • Abdullahi Abdulkadri, Coordinator of the Statistics and Social Development Unit of the ECLAC subregional headquarters for Caribbean
      Data production and statistical capacity in the Caribbean
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      Terence Agbeyegbe, Professor of Economics, Hunter College, City University of New York
      Some Comments on Multidimensional Vulnerability Index for SIDS
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      Carol Coy, Director General, Statistical Institute of Jamaica (virtual) Anjali De Abreu-Kisoensingh, Environment Statistics & Sustainable Development Goals Focal Point, General Bureau of Statistics, Suriname
      Data production & statistical capacity building- perspective from a national statistics office
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      Sherma Beroo, Technical Specialist for Statistics, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
      The Caribbean: recovery and repositioning in the context of COVID-19 and beyond
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      Cecille Blake, Statistician, Statistics Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations
      Geospatial Information, the Currency of Modern Governments
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13 Oct 2022

  • Global partnership for repositioning, recovery and resilience in the Caribbean

    09:00 to 11:00
    • Regis Chapman, Representative and Country Director, World Food Programme Multi-Country Office for the Caribbean
      WFP’s Disaster Risk Finance Strategy for the Caribbean
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  • Economic restructuring and diversification for deeper integration of the Caribbean with Latin America and in the global economy

    11:15 to 13:15
    • Sheldon McLean, Coordinator, Economic Development Unit, ECLAC Caribbean
      Regional integration and structural change in the Caribbean
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      Tasha Cain, Foreign Service Officer I, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and Immigration, Belize
      Deepening the Integration of Caribbean Economies in Latin America
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