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Trinidad and Tobago Commuters Spend One Month of Life in Traffic Every Year… Direct Economic Cost of Traffic in T&T - $2.26B

Over the period June to September 2023, data was collected, using online field surveys, in which respondents answered questions on their traffic congestion experience in Trinidad and Tobago. A key assumption which underpinned the method is that commuters (both drivers and passengers) are best able to estimate the amount of time spent in traffic during their daily movements. Most respondents (56 per cent female and 44 per cent male), reported that they commuted at least three times per week in self-driven private vehicles (81 per cent), carrying no passengers. The problem of vehicu…

Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean Sustainable Development

Director’s Desk: Artificial Intelligence for Caribbean sustainable development

2023 saw Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools becoming widely available to the general public, leading to the generation of new works of art, songs, text, and computer code. This explosion in new outputs has led to much excitement around AI’s potential, but also brought to the forefront concerns about countries and communities being left behind, and the technology’s potential to harm individuals and societies. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the int…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 10

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 9

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 7

Addressing Key Challenges to Sustainable Growth and Development in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 4

The Role of Data for SDG Advancement in the Caribbean

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 2

Report of the twenty-ninth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean Outlook 3: Economic recovery and repositioning in the era of COVID-19. Policy Brief

The economies of the subregion were hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly those dependent on tourism. As a result, the Caribbean has seen a reversal of the hard-won gains achieved in growing their economies and reducing unemployment and inequality. The inflation stemming from pandemic supply chain disruption, which has been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine, has made the sustained uptick in economic performance beyond pre-pandemic levels unlikely, notwithstanding strong growth estimates for 2021 and 2022. The last two years have taught the region that continued ‘business as usual’ is…

The Hummingbird Vol. 10 No. 1

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 10

The Hummingbird Vol. 9 No. 7

Post-COVID-19 Economic Aspects of Digital Transformation

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Report of the eighteenth meeting of the Regional Council for Planning of the Latin American and Caribbean Institute for Economic and Social Planning (ILPES)

Secretario General de las Naciones Unidas designa a Mario Cimoli como Secretario Ejecutivo Interino de la CEPAL

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, has appointed Argentine economist Mario Cimoli, the Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), to serve as the institution’s Acting Executive Secretary starting on April 1, 2022 and until further notice. Mario Cimoli will replace Mexican diplomat Alicia Bárcena, who concluded her mandate on March 31, after nearly 14 years at the helm of this UN regional commission. Cimoli, a PhD from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom and Full Professor of Political Economy at the Ca' Fos…