1 Feb 2010, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:23
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Publicación
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 …
There is much advocacy in the Caribbean regarding the need for evidence-based policy making, that is – policy making that is based on timely and reliable data regarding a particular economic and/or social problem, to promote good governance and facilitate enhanced policy and programme outcomes. However, the reality remains an elusive one for many Caribbean policy makers, who implement policies based on ideas, as well as ad hoc or outdated data.
Outside of the Caribbean, the United Kingdom, Australia and the United States of America are countries where polic…
20 Feb 2015, 00:00 - 14 Oct 2025, 07:27
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Comunicado de prensa
La Secretaria Ejecutiva de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), Alicia Bárcena, destacó el miércoles 18 de febrero durante una visita a Bogotá el liderazgo y compromiso de Colombia con la agenda de desarrollo después de 2015 que se discute a nivel global y que contempla el reemplazo de los actuales Objetivos de Desarrollo del Milenio (ODM) por los futuros Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS).
Bárcena participó en una ceremonia encabezada por el Presidente de Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, donde se firmó un decreto que crea la Comisión Interinstitucional de Alto Niv…