This report presents strategic recommendations for the development of Aruba's fintech sector with a focus on leveraging artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technologies. It evaluates Aruba's readiness in the information and communications technology (ICT) sector and the financial sector, comparing key indicators against counterparts in the region, including Curaçao, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago and the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The report highlights strenaths, such as stable democratic traditions, high education levels and a robust banking sector, and weaknesses, such as small mar…
This interim report assesses Aruba's potential to leverage fintech, distributed ledger technology and artificial intelligence, by examining the current state of digital regulation on the island. It provides an in-depth overview of the fintech regulatory environment in Aruba, assessing key legislative and institutional frameworks that support digital financial services. In particular, it reviews the regulatory frameworks related to telecommunications, banking, finance and competition management, highlighting the impact of these regulations on business sentiment and investment appetite.
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The aim of this study is to consolidate the many sources of information on AI in the Caribbean, providing policymakers, academics and decision makers in the Caribbean AI space with a general overview of the AI landscape in the Caribbean, while making initial recommendations and suggesting areas for future research.
Given the pace at which the field of AI is developing, and how quickly AI tools have become generally available to the public, data and research on the impacts of AI and AI readiness are limited. This study is therefore not comprehensive in its assessment. As a desk study, the resea…
A América Latina e o Caribe estão presos em diversas armadilhas de desenvolvimento que constituem enormes obstáculos para construir um futuro mais produtivo, inclusivo e sustentável. Esta crise do desenvolvimento coincide com um contexto internacional que mudou significativamente na última década, tanto em termos geoeconômicos como geopolíticos, e que se encontra em transição para novas regras de comércio e investimento. No âmbito de seu quadragésimo período de sessões, a Comissão Econômica para a América Latina e o Caribe (CEPAL) apresenta uma nova proposta que examina três transformações ind…
Latin America and the Caribbean is facing a number of development traps that pose significant obstacles to a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. This development crisis coincides with an international context that has changed considerably in the last decade —both on the geo-economic and geopolitical fronts— and which is shifting towards a new set of rules for trade and investment. For its fortieth session, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is putting forward a new proposal analysing three transformations that are vital for moving towards a new d…
América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta diversas trampas de desarrollo que constituyen enormes obstáculos para construir un futuro más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. Esta crisis del desarrollo coincide con un contexto internacional que cambió significativamente en la última década, tanto en términos geoeconómicos como geopolíticos, y que se encuentra en transición hacia nuevas reglas para el comercio y la inversión. En el marco de su cuadragésimo período de sesiones, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presenta una nueva propuesta en la que se examinan tres transform…
Latin America and the Caribbean is facing a number of development traps that pose significant obstacles to a more productive, inclusive and sustainable future. This development crisis coincides with an international context that has changed considerably in the last decade —both on the geo-economic and geopolitical fronts— and which is shifting towards a new set of rules for trade and investment.
For its fortieth session, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) is putting forward a new proposal analysing three transformations that are vital for moving towards a new …
América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta diversas trampas de desarrollo que constituyen enormes obstáculos para construir un futuro más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. Esta crisis del desarrollo coincide con un contexto internacional que cambió significativamente en la última década, tanto en términos geoeconómicos como geopolíticos, y que se encuentra en transición hacia nuevas reglas para el comercio y la inversión. En el marco de su cuadragésimo período de sesiones, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presenta una nueva propuesta en la que se examinan tres transform…
América Latina y el Caribe enfrenta diversas trampas de desarrollo que constituyen enormes obstáculos para construir un futuro más productivo, inclusivo y sostenible. Esta crisis del desarrollo coincide con un contexto internacional que cambió significativamente en la última década, tanto en términos geoeconómicos como geopolíticos, y que se encuentra en transición hacia nuevas reglas para el comercio y la inversión. En el marco de su cuadragésimo período de sesiones, la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) presenta una nueva propuesta en la que se examinan tres transform…