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Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 2, Tuesday 10 September, 2024)

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 2, Tuesday 10 September, 2024). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/events/eight... and https://cdcc.cepal.org/30/en…

ECLAC Executive Secretary: Reconceptualize Economy for Improved Growth and Sustainable Development in the Caribbean… SKN Prime Minister Envisions a Sustainable Island State

ECLAC Executive Secretary Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs recommends embracing a new vision for productive development policies in the Caribbean. Executive Secretary Salazar-Xirinachs was delivering remarks at the opening ceremony of the Eighth Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Monday. Over the course of two days, the CDR features discussions among 23 Caribbean countries on the topics of confronting climate change; operationalizing the multidimensional vulnerability index; improving access to climate finance; improving productive development policy; …

CEPAL propone reconceptualizar la economía para mejorar el crecimiento y el desarrollo sostenible en el Caribe… Primer Ministro de Saint Kitts y Nevis visualiza Estados insulares sostenibles

El Secretario Ejecutivo de la CEPAL, José Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs, recomendó adoptar una nueva visión para las políticas de desarrollo productivo en el Caribe. El Secretario Ejecutivo Salazar-Xirinachs realizó sus declaraciones durante la ceremonia de apertura de la Octava Mesa Redonda de Desarrollo del Caribe (CDR) en Puerto España, Trinidad y Tabago, el lunes. La reunión, que se extiende por dos días, aborda discusiones entre 23 países caribeños sobre temas como la lucha contra el cambio climático; operacionalizar el índice de vulnerabilidad multidimensional; mejorar el acceso a la financia…

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 1, Monday 9 September, 2024)

Eighth meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (Day 1, Monday 9 September, 2024). Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. More information in https://www.cepal.org/en/events/eight... and https://cdcc.cepal.org/30/en…

Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

Addressing Key Challenges to Sustainable Growth and Development in the Caribbean

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Infografía ¿Qué es un DaLA?

La Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) es pionera en la evaluación de desastres en la región y desarrollo una metodología llamada DaLA. Conozca en esta infografía qué es, cómo funciona y para qué sirve a los países.…

Infographic What is a DaLA?

The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is a pioneer in disaster assessment in the region and developed a methodology called DaLA to assess the damages and losses caused by disasters. Find out in this infographic what it is, how it works and what it is for countries.…

Infografía Que e um DaLA Português

A Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) é pioneira na avaliação de desastres.…

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

Caribbean Outlook 3: Economic recovery and repositioning in the era of COVID-19. Policy Brief

The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…

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La recuperación del turismo como pilar del gran impulso para la sostenibilidad

El turismo ha sido uno de los sectores más afectados por la pandemia por COVID-19, pero se espera que se recupere y continue creciendo. Sin embargo, la pandemia ha resaltado algunos retos persistentes del sector, como la participación de las mujeres, la precarización de los empleos y la poca claridad en el abordaje de la estacionalidad, y revelado algunos nuevos, como la transformación digital de la industria y los impactos del cambio climático y los desastres. La ralentización del turismo da una oportunidad para analizar estos retos y sus causas, y proponer estrategias de recuperación más res…

Essential elements of the ECLAC Caribbean Resilience Fund : a segregated portfolio trust fund. Policy Brief

Declining economic growth and competitiveness, the impact of the 2007–2009 global financial crisis, and the challenge of climate change and extreme weather events have hindered the sustainable development of Caribbean economies, the generation of sustained welfare gains and the achievement of key Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the subregion’s vulnerability to the vagaries of global aggregate demand and commodity prices, which have largely driven the subregion’s debt upwards and dampened economic growth before its onset, compromising its ec…

Conceptualizing a circular economy in the Caribbean: perspectives and possibilities. Policy Brief

Although the notion of a circular economy (CE) has been conceived and debated for more than half a century (Henrysson and Nuur, 2021), it has gained considerable popularity in the lexicon of economists, ecologists and other development thinkers over the past two decades. The increasing evidence of the existential threat of human-induced climate change and the related imperatives of decarbonizing the global economy, have led to greater focus on strategies for a more sustainable use of the natural and environmental resource base.…