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

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The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.6

Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

Data Protection in the Caribbean

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The Hummingbird Vol.7 No.1

Evaluation report of the workshop on TradeCAN, MAGIC Plus and WITS

Caribbean Technology Partnerships for the SDGs

The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.11

Policy Brief: Moving towards equal access to technology for persons with disabilities in the Caribbean

In the Caribbean, there are approximately 1.3 million persons with a disability of some kind and some 250,000 persons with a significant disability. These numbers are projected to increase dramatically in the coming decades as the population of the subregion ages and given the global increase in chronic health conditions. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) face a range of physical, social, attitudinal and institutional barriers that prevent their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others. As a result, they experience less favorable outcomes in health, education, …

The Hummingbird Vol.6 No.7

CEPAL Review no. 127

Revista CEPAL no. 127

An integrated approach to ICT

Prospects for blockchain-based settlement frameworks as a resolution to the threat of de-risking to Caribbean financial systems

Caribbean countries have been seriously impacted by the trend toward “de-risking” in the global financial system, and this is damaging to their economic security and the ability of Caribbean businesses to innovate. De-risking is the name given to the tendency of banking institutions to turn away from working relationships and lines of business for which the cost of regulatory compliance—and the risk of non-compliance— is deemed to be too high in comparison to the returns. This is a phenomenon that is affecting developing economies around the world, but the small and vulnerable economies of the…

Exploring financial technology

The Hummingbird Vol.4 No.2

Nueva edición de estudio de la CEPAL advierte sobre déficit institucional para enfrentar grandes desafíos globales

Una edición actualizada de un estudio sobre prospectiva presentada hoy por la CEPAL advierte sobre el déficit de la capacidad institucional y política para enfrentar los grandes desafíos globales, entre los que identifica la gestión de los recursos naturales, el cambio climático, las tendencias demográficas, las modificaciones en las ciudades, las dificultades en la gobernabilidad y la irrupción de tecnologías disruptivas, entendidas como aquellas que podrían desatar cambios sustanciales en distintos ámbitos. En el acto de lanzamiento de la publicación Las tendencias mundiales y el futuro de A…