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Enhancing data for development: policy imperatives for tracking the implementation of the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean. Policy Brief

For small island developing States (SIDS), sustainable development is a delicate balance of pursuing economic growth, social development and environmental stewardship in the context of economic volatility, social challenges, climate change threats and global uncertainties while striving to build resilience. Recognized as a special case for development since the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, SIDS remain highly vulnerable to external shocks due to their small economies, limited connectivity and reliance on external markets. Over the years, global frameworks such …

Economist Thomas Piketty to Visit ECLAC Headquarters

As part of his trip to Chile, French economist Thomas Piketty will visit the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago on Thursday 15 January 2015 at 2.00 p.m. to take part in a lunch meeting with the Commission’s officials and discover first hand ECLAC’s proposals on equality in its trilogy of documents on the subject: Time for equality: closing gaps, opening trails (2010); Structural Change for Equality: An Integrated Approach to Development (2012); and Compacts for Equality: Towards a Sustainable Future (2014). The meeting wi…

Economista Thomas Piketty visitará sede de la CEPAL

En el marco de su viaje a Chile, el economista francés Thomas Piketty visitará la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago el próximo jueves 15 de enero de 2015 a las 14:00 horas, para participar en una reunión almuerzo con funcionarios del organismo y conocer de primera mano las propuestas de la CEPAL sobre la igualdad contenidas en su trilogía de documentos sobre este tema: La hora de la igualdad: brechas por cerrar, caminos por abrir (2010); Cambio estructural para la igualdad: una visión integrada del desarrollo (2012); y Pactos para la iguald…