On Tuesday, September 26, 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) headquarters in Port of Spain hosted an expert group meeting (EGM) which discussed the ECLAC study “A global value chain analysis of offshore medical universities in the Caribbean.”
The study takes a closer look at the Caribbean offshore medical university (OMU) cluster. It examines the contributions that the OMUs make to their host countries. Other factors affecting the competitiveness and long term viability of the OMU cluster in the Caribbean were discussed by experts from Barbados, G…
América Latina y el Caribe debe transitar hacia un nuevo estilo de desarrollo, en el que la acción colectiva y los pactos de largo plazo en sociedades democráticas promuevan la igualdad, la transparencia y la participación, con base en la productividad, el empleo de calidad y el cuidado del medio ambiente, a partir de la difusión de las nuevas tecnologías en un gran impulso ambiental.
Esta es una de las principales conclusiones que recoge el libro “El regreso de la crisis en América Latina: Algunas experiencias nacionales”, coordinado por el Consejo de Relaciones Internacionales de América Lat…
Consultations aimed at explaining the importance of pursuing public expenditure reviews (PERs) as part of the budget process were facilitated in Belize by a team from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean, led by Deputy Director, Dr. Dillon Alleyne, along with Coordinator of the Economic Development Unit at ECLAC Caribbean, Sheldon McLean, and consultant, Professor Vanus James.
PERs are intended to align expenditures with government’s priorities. They also aim to provide savings, either from expenditure reallocati…