The Caribbean subregion is exceptionally vulnerable to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events. Vulnerability is a key multidimensional concept at the heart of resilience building, relating to each country’s multiple spatial and socioeconomic risks and conditions. In fact, due to its geographical location and concentration of population and activities in low-lying coastal areas, the Caribbean is the second most hazard-prone region in the world...Moreover, impacts of extreme weather events on Caribbean small economies are of national proportions. For example, in the hurricane s…
Long-term planning requires a paradigm shift in the development model, the prioritization of territorialization and the strengthening of multilateralism with a view to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, ministers and heads of planning from Latin American and Caribbean countries agreed today as they gathered at the XVI Conference of Ministers and Heads of Planning, which is being held in Montevideo, Uruguay.
The event was inaugurated by Álvaro García, Director of Uruguay’s Planning and Budget Office; Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin A…
La planificación a largo plazo requiere un cambio de paradigma del modelo de desarrollo, una priorización de la territorialización y el fortalecimiento del multilateralismo con miras al cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible, coincidieron hoy ministros y altos jefes de planificación de los países de América Latina y el Caribe reunidos en la XVI Conferencia de Ministros y Jefes de Planificación, que se celebra en Montevideo, Uruguay.
La reunión fue inaugurada por Álvaro García, Director de la Oficina de Planeamiento y Presupuesto del Uruguay; Alicia Bárcena, Secretaria Eje…