The Hummingbird Vol. 7 No. 12

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Report of the twenty-eighth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Policy Brief: Planning for resilience: an integrated approach to tackle climate change in the Caribbean

The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…

El fenómeno migratorio en el Ecuador: diagnóstico y prospectiva hacia el año 2035

Policy Brief: Evidence based policy-making in the Caribbean

There is much advocacy in the Caribbean regarding the need for evidence-based policy making, that is – policy making that is based on timely and reliable data regarding a particular economic and/or social problem, to promote good governance and facilitate enhanced policy and programme outcomes. However, the reality remains an elusive one for many Caribbean policy makers, who implement policies based on ideas, as well as ad hoc or outdated data. Outside of the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America are countries where polic…

The Regional Coordination Mechanism for the Implementation of the Mauritius Strategy

ECLAC Launches the Caribbean Knowledge Management Centre

Population Ageing - Subregional Challenges of a Global Phenomenon

ECLAC Officials Assist Government of Belize in a Social, Environmental and Macroeconomic Assessment of the Damage Caused by Hurricane Keith

CDCC - Twenty-Five Years of Cooperation and Development: 1975-2000

Programa CEPAL-BMZ/giz 2018-2020

Sendas de Desarrollo Sostenible para países de ingresos medios en el marco de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible en América Latina y el Caribe. La Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible establece una visión transformadora hacia la sostenibilidad económica, social y ambiental. Representa una nueva hoja de ruta que incluye un conjunto de 17 Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS). Es una oportunidad histórica para América Latina y el Caribe (ALC), ya que aborda temas prioritarios para la región, como la reducción de la desigualdad, el crecimiento económico inclusivo y el cambio c…