Advancing the Decade of Action for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

Bond markets for Latin American debt in the 1990s

Introducción During the 1990s the market for Latin America's debt grew in volume, types of instruments traded and number of investors and trade houses involved. Investors were drawn by high growthpotential and high yields in most Latin American countries, as well as by a general trend towards the implementation of economic and political reforms. As a result, the relative size of Latin America's market worldwide grew.This growth, however, was affected by a series of market events that underscored Latin America's vulnerability to financial shocks. Growth in trading volumes and ass…

Growing global asymmetries: challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean

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…

Strategies for Post COVID-19 Recovery in the Caribbean

Strategies for increasing economic resilience in the Caribbean

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…

Financing for development in the era of COVID-19 and beyond: Urgent considerations for the Caribbean