Access to Latin American and Caribbean Exports in the United States market, 2001-2002 is the seventh annual report released by the ECLAC Washington Office, updating information contained in previous reports. Its aim is to compile and make available information on trade inhibiting measures that Latin American and Caribbean exports encounter in the United States market. This report needs to be placed in the context of a trade relationship between the United States and Latin America and the Caribbean, which has grown strongly over the years to the benefit of both economies. Moreover, it must be…
In this issue of Gender Dialogue, we wish to congratulate Ms. Ingrid Charles-
Gumbs, St. Kitts and Nevis; Ms. Miriam Roache, Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines, and Ms. Lera Pascal, Saint Lucia, on the assumption of the
positions of heads of the national machineries in those countries. One of the
purposes of this newsletter is networking and we are therefore providing some
information on these three new officers, in our ‘Profiles of the new Heads of the
national machineries for women’. We have also invited some of the “older
hands” to share some of their experiences as head of national machineri…
Introduction Much has been written on the difficulty of obtaining statistical data on the Caribbean. Many commentators have examined the problem from several angles, including the organization of the statistical offices, the issue of training and the issue of budgetary resources that impose an upper limit to the size of staff that can be employed at the statistical office. While there is much to say about any of the issues given as examples of the facets of the problem, in the final analysis the management of limited statistical resources is at the core of the data poverty. Th…