The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…
Este documento explora distintas experiencias de construcción de tejidos territoriales a partir de procesos de uso y apropiación de tecnologías digitales por parte de jóvenes, en distintas partes de Colombia, en las que han jugado un papel determinante docentes y rectores de instituciones educativas, así como líderes comunitarios. Se indaga acerca de la contribución que tales experiencias pueden hacer a la construcción de tejidos territoriales.…
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused widespread closure of schools and disruption of education systems worldwide, requiring unprecedented adaptation to ensure learning continuity for students. In place of classroom learning, Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) have been adopted to support online distance learning – with mixed results. While Caribbean governments have piloted a range of online learning modalities, many children in the subregion, especially those from poor and rural households, were not able to leverage those facilities. As a result of a lack of access to the Internet …
The crisis being faced by the higher education sector in the Caribbean brought regional Prime Ministers, Ministers, senior policy makers, representatives from the United Nations, international donor agencies and development banks together virtually on Wednesday, October 14, 2020.
Among the outcomes at the high level meeting was a call from Professor Sir Hilary Beckles, Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies (The UWI) for a multi-donor trust fund to invest 600 million US dollars over three years for the Caribbean’s human capital development and the establishment of a …
La planificación y la gestión territorial de las políticas públicas requiere de información desagregada que pocas fuentes de información pueden ofrecer: una de ellas es el Censo Nacional de Población, Hogares y Vivienda (CNPHV). Este trabajo resume los aspectos conceptuales y metodológicos más relevantes de la construcción del Índice de Contexto Social de la Educación (ICSE), elaborado en base a la información recogida sobre las condiciones de vida de los hogares que allí residen. El desarrollo de esta herramienta
es resultado del trabajo conjunto de especialistas de dos organismos, la Direcci…