This document is the report of the Second Regional Seminar on Social Development “Social security and protracted crisis: an opportunity to combat...
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This report assess the situation of older persons and reviews the actions taken in Caribbean countries and territories, particularly over the past...
The COVID-19 crisis has hit Latin America and the Caribbean harder than any other developing region. In 2020 the regional GDP will experience its...
The high prevalence of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Caribbean calls for sustained efforts to control these diseases and their risk...
The emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic has not only been sudden but has required significant re-adjustment on the part of world economies with far...
Since April, tourism in the region has almost come to a temporary standstill as a result of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. This...
The document analyzes the social protection responses of ten Latin American countries since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020....
This study presents a situation analysis of persons with disability in the Caribbean. It includes a compilation and analysis of national census...
This study is intended to be exploratory in nature. It seeks a better understanding of i) how the OMU cluster emerged; ii) the characteristics of...
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the World Food Programme (WFP), both agencies of the United Nations System...
This study addresses the ageing of the Caribbean population and the situation with respect to the human rights of older persons. It considers the...
This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging...
The implementation of the Cairo Programme of Action in the Caribbean over the period 1994 to 2013 is evaluated and recommendations are made for...
Recently, Latin American countries have had to face the challenges of improving social inclusion and economic redistribution while consolidating...
This document describes and analyzes implementation of eHealth in several European countries, as well as strengths and weaknesses, using this...
This document starts by identifying and describing the several benefits expected as a result of incorporating ICTs in health and goes on to...
Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is...
The Report of the Secretary General of the United Nations on the implementation of the Millennium Declaration, entitled In larger freedom: towards...
Abstract This paper discusses the rationale of social insurance and social insurance institutions as they have emerged and developed in...
Health quasi-markets aim to introduce competition into the public sphere by separating functions in order to improve efficiency and quality. In...