Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

Director’s Desk: Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean sustainable development

2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…

Foresight for Development: contributions to Forward-looking Territorial Governance

Against the backdrop of cascading crises in the region and a volatile global context, there is a need to strengthen countries’ planning processes and the exercise of anticipatory governance to identify and shape possible futures and respond to changes in the environment. This document seeks to promote reflection on foresight for development and the importance of citizen deliberation in the ownership of future scenarios. It therefore draws on the forms that foresight exercises have taken in the region, led by the State at different territorial scales, the characteristics and approaches of these…

Prospectiva para el desarrollo: aportes para una gobernanza territorial con mirada de futuro

El cuadro de crisis en cascada que atraviesa la región y la volatilidad del contexto mundial exigen potenciar los procesos de planificación de los países y el ejercicio de una gobernanza anticipatoria que permita determinar y modelar los futuros posibles y responder a las transformaciones del entorno. El presente documento busca promover una reflexión en torno a la prospectiva para el desarrollo y la importancia de la deliberación ciudadana en la apropiación de los escenarios de futuro. Para ello, se toman como base las formas que han adoptado los ejercicios prospectivos en la región, conducid…

Guía para el diseño de estrategias de resiliencia territorial frente a desastres socionaturales

Ante los múltiples desastres socionaturales que amenazan los territorios de América Latina y el Caribe resulta imperativo fortalecer las capacidades de los agentes para prevenir y mitigar los impactos negativos de tales desastres. Más aún, la gestión del riesgo de desastres debe abordarse con un enfoque de capacidades endógenas y desde una comprensión profunda de las condiciones y desafíos de cada territorio en particular. La presente guía ofrece herramientas y recursos para planificar estratégicamente intervenciones que conduzcan a una mejor preparación y respuesta frente a las amenazas a las…

Addressing Water Security in the Caribbean

Report of the Twenty-ninth meeting of the Presiding Officers of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Informe de la XXIX Reunión de la Mesa Directiva del Consejo Regional de Planificación del Instituto Latinoamericano y del Caribe de Planificación Económica y Social (ILPES)

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 3

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 2

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Foresight and territory: building scenarios of possible futures for territorial governance

Prospectiva y territorio: construcción de escenarios de futuros posibles para una gobernanza territorial

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2021-2022

Report of the activities carried out by the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES), 2021-2022

Report on the status of the Regular System of Government Financing for the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Report on the status of the Regular System of Government Financing for the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Improving broadband quality and affordability in the Caribbean: Policies to advance digital inclusion in the subregion. Policy Brief

In this digitally transforming world, digital inclusion is becoming increasingly important to social inclusion and sustainable development. Affordable access to broadband is an essential precondition to digital inclusion. Internet quality, as measured by speed and other indicators, is also important, as digital inclusion is ultimately about ensuring equal access to the benefits and opportunities offered by digital technologies and the Internet. This policy brief provides insight into Internet speed and affordability across the Caribbean, and offers some recommendations for policymakers working…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 1

Building a climate resilient power sector in the context of the Caribbean small island developing States’ energy transition. Policy Brief

In Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS), electrical power outages are frequent in the aftermath of major weather events. While local service disruptions often last a few days after these events, nationwide power grid failures lasting several weeks, or months have resulted in enormous social and economic impacts. In 2017, Hurricane Maria left 90 per cent of the population of Dominica without access to electricity for over four months (Commonwealth of Dominica, 2020) and caused a systemwide collapse of Puerto Rico's power grid that took 11 months to be entirely restored (Campbell…