Report of the seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Para alcanzar el desarrollo se requiere una planificación con perspectiva de igualdad de género

En su segunda versión, el curso regional “Planificación del desarrollo con perspectiva de género” entregó herramientas para las políticas públicas que buscan la igualdad, contó con testimonios de líderes regionales y con la participación de representantes de 12 países.…

A proposal for debt relief among Caribbean SIDS

17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC

Opening Statement by Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC, at the 17th Meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the CDCC June 26, 2015 Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago Minister Arnaldo Brown, Chair of the CDCC, Jamaica Minister Winston Dookeran, Trinidad Ambassador George Talbot, Co-Chair of the Financing for Development process Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior Representatives of Government, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear friends,…

Implementation of the 2014-2015 programme of work: subprogramme 13: subregional activities in the Caribbean

This report highlights the activities carried out by ECLAC in the Caribbean subregion between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015. Subprogramme 13 of the ECLAC programme of work 2014-2015 (“Subregional activities in the Caribbean”) covers the Commission’s work in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, C…

The Caribbean Received $6.027 Billion Dollars in Foreign Direct Investment in 2014, Down Nearly 5% from 2013

(27 May 2015) The flows of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into the Caribbean subregion shrank 4.7 % in 2014 to total $6.027 billion dollars, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean said today in its annual report Foreign Direct Investment in Latin America and the Caribbean 2015, presented during a press conference at the organization’s headquarters in Santiago, Chile. This nearly 5% decline in FDI directed towards Caribbean countries is less severe than the 16% drop registered in Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, where flows fell to $158.803 billion dollars in 20…

El Caribe recibió 6.027 millones de dólares de inversión extranjera directa en 2014, casi 5% menos que en 2013

(27 de mayo, 2015) Las corrientes de inversión extranjera directa (IED) hacia la subregión del Caribe se redujeron 4,7 % en 2014 sumando 6.027 millones de dólares, señaló hoy la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en su informe anual La Inversión Extranjera Directa en América Latina y el Caribe 2015 presentado en conferencia de prensa en la sede del organismo en Santiago de Chile. La disminución de casi 5 % en la IED dirigida a los países caribeños es menor a la caída de 16 % registrada en América Latina y el Caribe en su conjunto, donde estos flujos bajaron de 189.951 m…

Latin American and Norwegian Perspective on Public Policies for Equality Will Be Analyzed in a Seminar

Public policies geared toward equality in the labor market, education and social protection, among other areas, will be examined by government officials and academics during a seminar to be held on Monday, March 30 and Tuesday 31, 2015 at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. The high-level seminar “Paths Toward Equality and Development: Latin America-Norway Dialogue” is organized by ECLAC and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It will be opened on March 30, at 0900 a.m. by Hege Araldsen, Norwegian Ambassador to Chil…

Analizarán políticas públicas para la igualdad desde la óptica de América Latina y Noruega

Políticas públicas orientadas a la igualdad en el mercado laboral, la educación y la protección social, entre otros ámbitos, serán examinadas por funcionarios de gobierno y académicos en un seminario que tendrá lugar el próximo lunes 30 y martes 31 de marzo de 2015 en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile. El seminario de alto nivel Caminos hacia la igualdad y el desarrollo: diálogo América Latina – Noruega es organizado por la CEPAL y el Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores de Noruega. Será inaugurado el 30 de marzo a las 9:00 horas …