Comparison of the socio-economic impacts of natural disasters on Caribbean societies in 2004

This study sets out to synthesize the several country reports to address the terms of reference. It therefore examines the nature of the events as they impacted the countries in 2004 and seeks underlying common local conditions that might have contributed to damage. It therefore follows to a great extent the presentation structure of the national reports on the impact of the disasters.…

Report of the Expert Group Meeting: A Caribbean perspective on the summit of the Americas: employment, poverty and democratic governance

Changing Times: Refocusing ECLAC's Role

Proyecto de texto revisado: declaracion constitutiva y funciones y reglamento del comite de desarrollo y cooperacion del caribe (CDCC)

Preliminary overview of Caribbean economies 2004-2005

Report to the CDCC: Review of ECLAC/CDCC Programme of Activities for the 2002-2003 Biennium

Preliminary overview of Caribbean economies, 2003-2004

Outlines the economic performance of Caribbean economies over the calendar year 2003. Discusses the aggregate showing and general trends of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States. Provides a brief overview of each member State's fiscal and monetary policies; external sector; inflation, unemployment, and wages; and sectors of activity. Describes the general trends among the other Caribbean countries. Presents detailed overviews of each country's performance over the period as with the OECS member states.…

Issues, effects and implications of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Agreement for CARICOM economies

The objective of this document is to analyse some of the main issues, effects and implications of the FTAA for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) economies. It also considers when relevant and for comparison purposes the cases of non-independent States. The document is divided into seven sections. Following the introduction, the second section describes, albeit briefly, the main issues that are found in the Free Trade Areas literature. The third section introduces the FTAA participants highlighting their economic and social disparities. The fourth section centers on the FTAA underlying principles …

Fiscal trends and policy issues and implications for the Caribbean

This document analyses fiscal trends and policies for Caribbean countries. It is divided into six parts. Following the introduction, the second section focuses on trends in government revenue and examines the tax structure at the regional and country level. The third section describes the type of tax incentives granted by Caribbean governments for sectoral development for selected country cases. The fourth part centres on government expenditure; describes the decomposition of government expenditure and analyses the behaviour of the components of government expenditure. The fifth section deals …

Progress made in the implementation of the CARICOM single market and economy

This paper examines the progress in the implementation of the CSME and what this has meant for the core (trade, investment, etc.); and functional aspects (foreign policy coordination, education, health and social development, etc.,); of integration. A tentative assessment is also made of the relevance of the current mode of integration in light of the opportunities and constraints of the international environment. The paper is divided into three sections. Section one provides a critical assessment of the implementation of the protocols and other aspects of the CSME. Section two evaluates the …

Caribbean tourism, trends, policies and impact, 1985-2002

This paper provides an overview of the structure and performance of the Caribbean tourism sector. It evaluates the role of policies and strategies as they impact the growth and competitiveness of the sector. Although the paper is not definitive on the subject, it provides some initial work on aspects of the industry that are not the typical focus of research. These include industrial structure, evaluated in terms of size, concentration, economies of scale and scope, competition and market types, for example oligopoly. Further the paper, examines the concept of clusters as it applies to the in…

Preliminary Economic Overview of Caribbean Economies

Selected statistical indicators of Caribbean countries, vol. XVI, 2003

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean and Secretariat to the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), is pleased to present the seventeenth volume of the Selected Statistical Indicators of Caribbean Countries (SSI). This publication represents a compilation of original nationally produced and officially published statistics on select indicators for the year 2003. Where available, 2004 and 2005 figures have been included. The aim of the SSI is to serve as a single source of Caribbean statistics on national…

Export promotion policies in CARICOM Caribbean economies

Discusses the objectives behind export promotional policies, their methods, and the benefits to be derived. Describes, analyses and assesses export promotional polices in the case of CARICOM Caribbean economies. Examines the physical and institutional context, and instruments for export promotional policies, and the analyses their implications and impact.…

Manual for the compilation of science and technology indicators in the Caribbean

Introduction Most nations have one or more governmental or non-profit agencies charged with collecting and analyzing science and technology data. These are sometimes referred to as science and technology observatories. Herman Jaramillo, in writing about science and technology observatories, has noted that an observatory, as an agency for collecting and processing indicators helps society to understand science and technology development and the integration of science and technology variables with other measures of economic and social development. The resulting information becomes a public…

The Millennium Development Goals: Challenges for the Caribbean

Charting Development - Assessing the Impact of United Nations Global Conferences in the Caribbean

Exchange rate regimes in the Caribbean

This document analyses exchange rate regimes in the Caribbean subregion. Caribbean exchange rate regimes are typified into hard and soft pegs. Hard pegs refer to those arrangements that maintain a constant value of the domestic currency in terms of the currency of a major trading partner. The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS); economies established a monetary union in 1983. The Bahamas, Belize and Barbados also fixed the value of their domestic currency in relation to the United States dollar in the middle of the 1970s. Soft pegs are monetary arrangements characterized by a force…

An Integrated Management Approach to the Caribbean Sea

The development of services in the Caribbean

The services sector has grown significantly in most countries and in the world economy as a whole. This has been observed in the progression from primary to secondary and/or tertiary sector-led economic growth and development. Services contribute significantly to output, employment and exports. They account for about 80% of the United States output (GDP) and about 65% of GDP of the European Union. Developed countries are the largest service exporters accounting for over 70% of services traded in the late 1990s. Although developing countries account for a relatively smal…