The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access t…

ECLAC Deputy Executive Secretary to participate in Forum on the Future of the Caribbean, May 5-7

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, will participate in the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean from 5-7 May 2015 in Trinidad and Tobago. The Forum is co-hosted by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the United Nations system in Trinidad and Tobago. Sessions will be held at the UWI St Augustine campus and the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Port of Spain. During his first visit to the Caribbean and Trinidad and Tobago, Mr. Prado will deliver opening remarks …

ECLAC panel discussion explores innovative financing solutions for the Caribbean

The Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Antonio Prado, moderated a panel discussion at the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean on Thursday 7 May 2015, where he outlined important areas of focus for countries of the region, like the need to address the issue of debt relief in a sustainable manner and the possibility of mobilizing resources through diaspora bond issue and increased remittances. The session, entitled Advocating innovative financing solutions, which examined opportunities that exist for domestic and international deve…

A proposal for debt relief among Caribbean SIDS

Arranca en Trinidad y Tabago el Foro sobre el Futuro del Caribe

El Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Antonio Prado, señaló que si el Caribe quiere alcanzar un crecimiento inclusivo con sostenibilidad ambiental debe afrontar desafíos críticos, de los cuales el más urgente es el elevado nivel de deuda pública. Durante su intervención en la ceremonia de apertura del Foro sobre el Futuro del Caribe, celebrada el 5 de mayo en la Universidad de las Indias Orientales St. Augustine, en Trinidad y Tabago, Antonio Prado destacó que la subregión es una de las que cuentan con mayores niveles de deuda en el m…