1 Mayo 2011, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 02:23
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This paper addresses the issue of the availability of data on persons with disabilities in the Caribbean subregion. It was prepared as a background paper for the Subregional Meeting and Capacity-Development Training Workshop on Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Caribbean which was held in Port of Spain from 9 - 10 November 2010. It presents the findings of a survey conducted by ECLAC aimed at gaining insight on current practices of national statistical offices and other data collecting agencies with respect to the collection of natio…
1 Feb 2010, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 02:23
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The countries of English- and Dutch-speaking Caribbean have made significant progress in its economic and human development. Most governments have implemented programs and policies of social protection for vulnerable groups of the population, but its sustainability could be jeopardized because of the global financial crisis. In this cyclical factor is compounded by large external debts of these countries, high exposure to natural disasters, limited natural resources, limited economic diversification and some challenges to their institutional capacities. Although short-term policies are needed …
1 Ene 2005, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 02:23
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A major part of the problem of providing high-quality welfare and social protection to the members of a society lies in the issue of how to distribute the responsibility for these services within the society -a problem referred to in this paper as the care dilemma . Different historical junctures and forms of social organization have witnessed different responses to this dilemma. Strictly speaking, the solution is a variable that depends on culture, level of institutional development, the distribution of the resources of power in a society and the ability of the different relevant s…
12 Jul 2013, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 02:24
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Comunicado de prensa
(12 de julio, 2013) Los representantes y funcionarios de gobiernos que asistieron a la decimosexta reunión del Comité de Monitoreo del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC) de la Comisión Económica para la América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) el jueves 11 de julio, adoptaron un conjunto de recomendaciones sobre asuntos de prioridad identificados por los delegados que asistieron al Foro del Caribe sobre población, migración y desarrollo celebrado en Guyana el 9 y 10 de julio.
El alcance de las propuestas incluyó acciones para reducir la pobreza y la desigualdad, promover y pr…