Economic survey of the Caribbean, 2006-2007

This survey provides an overview of the macroeconomic performance of countries of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) for the year 2006 and their outlook for 2007. The report consists of three chapters. The first one provides a regional analysis of the main economic indicators from a comparative perspective. The second chapter deals with two selected topics of particular relevance for the economic development of Caribbean countries, namely remittances and migration, and natural resources dependency. The last chapter presents country briefs with the main macroeconomic dev…

Trade liberalisation, trade performance and competitiveness in the Caribbean

This study provides an analysis of links between trade liberalisation, trade performance and competitiveness in the Caribbean. The study takes an eclectic approach, borrowing from different strands of theory and empirical findings, where necessary. Nevertheless from a broad conceptual frame of reference, an effort is made to analyse the structural, institutional and market (demand and supply); factors that impinge on trade performance and competitiveness outcomes in the region. This approach, it is believed, provides the most relevance for analysing the real world situation in the Caribbean,…

Provisional agenda. Meeting of the monitoring Committee of the CDCC

Report of the Rio Group Technical Meeting on "the treatment of asymmetries in the context of regional cooperation"

The ECLAC associate member countries: meeting challenges and new opportunities of globalisation

This paper will examine development challenges and new opportunities arising out of globalization in the tourism and financial services sectors, respectively in the ECLAC associate member countries.…

The United States, Central America, Dominican Republic free trade agreement (CAFTA)

Central American countries and the Dominican Republic negotiated and ratified (with the exception of Costa Rica) a free trade agreement with the United States (i.e. CAFTA). The agreement which entered into force in 2006 is very comprehensive. It includes chapters on trade in goods and services, investment, labor and environment.…

Proposed work programme for the Caribbean Sea Commission

Freeing the Americas of Poverty and Hunger

Changing population age structures and their implications on socio-economic development in the Caribbean

Social protection was the core of the Thirty-first Session of the economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC);, held in Montevideo in March 2006The discussions focused on the need for a new approach to social protection, given the structural changes the region is experiencing. It was suggested that this approach should be the result of a new rights-based social covenant, in which social rights are seen as the normative horizon, and existing inequalities and budgetary restrictions are the limiting factors to be addressed (ECLAC, 2006a);.…

Suriname: the impact of the May 2006 floods on sustainable livelihoods

This assessment of the socio-economic impact of the May 2006 floods in Suriname was carried out at the request of the Government of Suriname, through the Ministry of Regional Development, by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean with support from the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The Ministry organized a team of local counterparts to work with the ECLAC team which involved stakeholders from government and non-governmental organizations. The ECLAC team visited Suriname in September and November 2006…

Caribbean economies 2006: a preliminary perspective

This document gives a general regional overview of Caribbean economies in 2006, based on preliminary data and focused on the CARICOM economies, with the exception of Haiti. It contains individual country briefs that were also published in the ECLAC Preliminary Overview of Latin America and the Caribbean.…

Caribbean tourism and agriculture: linking to enhance development and competitiveness

This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. The tourism industry has, in the past, developed largely apart from other sectors such as agriculture. On the other hand, agriculture has developed mainly to satisfy export markets. Domestic agriculture has had limited development and has therefore been displaced to a considerable extent by food imports. The recent promotion of agriculture tourism linkages is an attempt to enhance the local value added of the tourism industry, w…

The Madrid International plan of action on ageing

Special and differential treatment in CARICOM

Promoting economic links between the integration schemes of Latin America and the Caribbean: a CARICOM perspective on selected issues

Treatment of asymmetries: a review of the issues

United Nations launches study on violence against children

Debt accumulation in the Caribbean: origins, consequences and strategies

This document analyses the origins and consequences of debt accumulation in the Caribbean. The focus is placed on Caribbean Community (CARICOM) economies. The document also examines current strategies for the reduction of debt…

Migration in the Caribbean: brain-drain, remittances, diaspora

Challenges in implementation of the Mauritius Strategy for further implementation of the Small Islands Developing States Programme of Action (MSI) in the Caribbean