Report of the Twenty-Sixth Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Senior Government Officials Address Sustainable Development Priorities of the Caribbean

“The challenge facing the Caribbean is to identify paths to development that emphasize macroeconomic stability with growth, equity, and environmental sustainability. This will provide a bulwark against external shocks and the protection necessary for those that are most vulnerable”, Mr. Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC, said during the opening of the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), held in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 22 April 2016. Addressing senior policy makers from across the subregion, Diane Quarless, Director of ECLAC …

Altos funcionarios gubernamentales debaten prioridades de desarrollo sostenible del Caribe

“El desafío que enfrenta el Caribe es identificar caminos hacia el desarrollo que pongan énfasis en la estabilidad macroeconómica con crecimiento, igualdad y sostenibilidad ambiental. Esto proveerá un bastión contra los impactos externos y la protección necesaria para aquellos que son más vulnerables”, dijo Antonio Prado, Secretario Ejecutivo Adjunto de la CEPAL, en la apertura del Vigésimo Sexto Período de Sesiones del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe (CDCC), realizado en Basseterre, Saint Kitts y Nevis, el 22 de abril de 2016. En un discurso ante autoridades de alto nivel durant…

26th Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Opening Statement Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of ECLAC at the 26th Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis 22 April, 2016 The Honourable Mark Brantley, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Aviation, Other Distinguished Ministers and Senior representatives of Government, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Representatives of the United Nations system, regional and international organizations, Ladies and Gentlemen, I extend a very warm welcome to you all to the 26th Meeting of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation C…

Mariana Mazzucato: The State Does Not simply Correct “Market Failures,” It is also the Creator of Wealth and Engine of Innovation

“This is not about the big States or small States or businesses versus governments. This is how to get co-investment and new types of agreements between the public and private sectors” to direct economic growth towards an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive model, renowned Italian economist Mariana Mazzacato said today at the headquarters of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile. Mazzucato was the first woman to deliver the Prebisch Lecture –established in April 2001 to mark the 100-year anniversary of the birth of Argentine economist Raúl Pr…

Mariana Mazzucato: El Estado no es mero corrector de las “fallas de mercado”, es también creador de riqueza y motor de la innovación

“No se trata de Estados grandes o pequeños ni de empresas versus gobiernos. Se trata de cómo conseguir coinversiones y nuevos tipos de acuerdos entre los sectores público y privado” para direccionar el crecimiento económico hacia un modelo inteligente, sostenible e inclusivo, planteó hoy la reconocida economista iataliana Mariana Mazzucato en la sede de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL) en Santiago, Chile. Mazzucato fue la primera mujer en dictar este martes la Cátedra Prebisch -instaurada en 2001 al cumplirse 100 años del nacimiento del ex Secretario Ejecutivo de l…

The Caribbean’s development trajectory and debt outlook to be discussed in Saint Kitts and Nevis

A proposal to address the Caribbean’s high debt burden and strategies to achieve sustainable development in the region will be the focus of discussions when two important meetings of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC): the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) and the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) convene in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, on 21 and 22 April 2016, respectively. The CDR brings together senior level policymakers from governments of the Caribbean; officials of the United Nations system; representatives of regiona…

Temario provisional anotado. Vigésimo sexto período de sesiones del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

Temario provisional. Vigésimo sexto período de sesiones del Comité de Desarrollo y Cooperación del Caribe

Annotated provisional agenda. Twenty-sixth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Provisional agenda. Twenty-sixth session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Implementation of subprogramme 13 of the programme of work for the biennium 2014-2015

Implementación del programa de trabajo del subprograma 13 en el bienio 2014-2015

Programme of work for the biennium 2016-2017. Subprogramme 13: subregional activities in the Caribbean

Senior policy makers to meet in Saint Kitts to discuss Caribbean debt relief

ECLAC Caribbean will convene the 4th meeting of the Caribbean Development Roundtable (CDR) in Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis on 21 April 2016. This year’s Roundtable will explore possible options for debt relief for heavily indebted countries in the subregion. The CDR will be followed by the 26th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) on 22 April 2016, where participants will take stock of the outcomes of the CDR, and review the implementation of the work programme for the ECLAC subregional headquarters for the Caribbean for the biennium 2018-2019. …

Proposed programme of work for the biennium 2018-2019. Subprogramme 12: subregional activities in the Caribbean

Draft concept note

Proposed programme of work for the biennium 2018-2019. Subprogramme 12: subregional activities in the Caribbean

Report of the seventeenth meeting of the Monitoring Committee of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee

Implementation of the 2014-2015 programme of work: subprogramme 13: subregional activities in the Caribbean

This report highlights the activities carried out by ECLAC in the Caribbean subregion between 1 January 2014 and 31 March 2015. Subprogramme 13 of the ECLAC programme of work 2014-2015 (“Subregional activities in the Caribbean”) covers the Commission’s work in Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, as well as Anguilla, Aruba, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, C…