The operation and management of agencies and institutions working in the field of science and technology in selected CDCC member countries

Fiscal policy and tax reform in the Caribbean

The girl child and boys in the Caribbean: progress and challenges

This issue of Gender Dialogue focuses attention on the status of the girl child in the Caribbean and examines the ongoing progress and challenges in fulfilment of international mandates such as the Beijing Platform for Action, the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), the Millennium Development Goals and other relevant commitments.…

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Wither the Agricultural Sector in the Caribbean?

Report of the workshop on indicators for follow up of the Agro 2015 plan for the improvement of agricultural and rural life in the Summit of the Americas

Meeting of the expanded core group for the establishment of a Regional Coordinating Mechanism for the implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

Report of the twenty-first session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC)

Preliminary overview of Caribbean economies 2005

Agricultural transformation and Gender considerations in Caribbean Economics

The aim of this paper is to provide an overview of the gender and social disparities existing in the agricultural and rural sector in Caribbean economies. In this context, agricultural transformation as occasioned by the dismantling of preferential trading arrangements is analysed to identify the most relevant gender discriminatory measures in the current agricultural development policy and programmes. The analysis seeks to provide the basis for enhancing understanding among policy makers, planners and rural development practitioners of the gender and social dimension involved in the formulati…

Growth, debt and finance in the Caribbean

Reproductive health and rights: HIV/AIDS amd gender equality

Issues and challenges in Caribbean cruise ship tourism

Restructuring Caribbean industries to meet the challenge of trade liberalisation

Trade and transport in CDCC economies

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…

Financial intermediation and its impact on capital formation in the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME)

An assessment of social vulnerability and resilience in poverty reduction strategy papers (PRSPS/I-PRSPS) of selected Caribbean SIDS

The study undertakes a review of the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), and Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (I-PRSPs) of four selected Caribbean SIDS from the Eastern Caribbean. The countries had participated in the Poverty Reduction Strategy initiative formulated by the World Bank. The country papers reviewed were the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The review assesses and provides a comparative analysis of the general awareness of the notions of vulnerability and the inclusion and use of strategies that address the reductio…

The statistical infrastructure of Caribbean countries

Introduction. Scope and methodology results. Conclusion. Recommendations. Annex 1: data series collected. Annex 2: data series to be collected in the next 2 years. Annex 3: publications. Annex 4: future publications. Annex 5: statistical infrastructure survey .…

Strategies of "industrialization by invitation" in the Caribbean