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Addressing capacity gaps in the production of the SDG indicators in the Caribbean

The Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator Framework is endorsed by the United Nations Statistical Commission as the monitoring mechanism for the 169 targets and more than 230 indicators of the SDGs. Reporting of these indicators will pose a formidable challenge to the Caribbean given the statistical capacity of countries of the subregion. The results of an ECLAC survey show that only three of the eleven countries that participated reported having the capacity to produce at least 50 per cent of the indicators. The capacities of National Statistical Offices will need to be signif…

Sustainable Development Goals implementation in the Caribbean

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

Institutional Strengthening and Financing must be Priorities for Countries to Fulfill the 2030 Agenda

The strengthening of institutions, especially through improved construction and measurement of national statistics systems’ indicators, as well as the provision of financing, are two of the priorities that countries of the region must address with greater urgency if they want to comply with the 2030 Agenda and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), authorities and government representatives asserted today in Mexico. Eleven countries of Latin America and the Caribbean presented today their experiences, progress and challenges in preparing their voluntary national reviews on the fulfillment o…

Fortalecimiento institucional y financiamiento deben ser prioridades de los países para el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030

El fortalecimiento de las instituciones, especialmente los sistemas nacionales de estadísticas para que mejoren la construcción y medición de indicadores, así como la provisión de financiamiento, son dos de las prioridades que los países de la región deben abordar con mayor urgencia si quieren lograr el cumplimiento de la Agenda 2030 y sus Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS), aseguraron hoy en México autoridades y representantes gubernamentales. Once países de América Latina y el Caribe presentaron hoy sus experiencias, avances y desafíos en la preparación de sus exámenes nacionales volun…

Prospects for blockchain-based settlement frameworks as a resolution to the threat of de-risking to Caribbean financial systems

Caribbean countries have been seriously impacted by the trend toward “de-risking” in the global financial system, and this is damaging to their economic security and the ability of Caribbean businesses to innovate. De-risking is the name given to the tendency of banking institutions to turn away from working relationships and lines of business for which the cost of regulatory compliance—and the risk of non-compliance— is deemed to be too high in comparison to the returns. This is a phenomenon that is affecting developing economies around the world, but the small and vulnerable economies of the…

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