ECLAC: A&B fastest growing C’bean economy for 2016
From Antigua Observer Antigua & Barbuda was the fastest growing economy in the Caribbean region in 2016 and resisted a wave of accelerating inflation, according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean…
Dominican economy’s 6.2% growth tops in Caribbean, LatAm
From Dominican Today Santiago, Chile. – Dominican Republic’s 6.2%, GDP of 6.4% growth will lead in Latin America and the Caribbean economies this year and likely also 2017, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean -ECLAC- said Thursday….
Rural women benefit from ECLAC sensitization seminar on gender-based violence
Women in rural communities in Trinidad and Tobago benefitted from a sensitization seminar on gender-based violence, held in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, celebrated each year on 25 November. Organized jointly by the…
C’bean countries approve strategy to achieve gender equality by 2030
From NY Carib News MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (CMC) — The 13th Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean ended here on Friday with delegates, including those from the Caribbean, approving the Montevideo Strategy to achieve gender equality in…
New report says regional GDP will shrink in 2016
From Long Beach City College Viking CARTEGENA, (CMC) – A new joint report by the Development Center of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations Commission for Latin American and the Caribbean (ECLAC) and the Development…
U.N. revises down forecast for growth in Latam, Caribbean
From Reuters The United Nations predicted on Wednesday that the economy of Latin America and the Caribbean will contract 0.9 percent in 2016, slightly lower than the 0.8 percent contraction estimated by the agency in July. Looking ahead, growth in…
ECLAC delivers “strong answer” to the budgeting process needs of Caribbean public administrations
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has provided a “strong answer” to what senior public officials across the Caribbean have been searching for in order to improve the budgeting process of public administrations, according to the…
Colombia: Peace as a force for transformation
Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of ECLAC The latest good tidings confirm that we are living through a change of era in Latin America. The building of peace will be the great force behind and the opportunity for progressive structural change,…
ECLAC budget training beneficial to policy makers in Barbados
The budgeting process is set to greatly improve in Barbados as a result of ECLAC Caribbean’s training for public finance managers on Public Expenditure Reviews (PERs), according to Mr. Seibert Frederick, Permanent Secretary in the Barbados Ministry of Economic Affairs….
ECLAC: Recovery of Growth in Latin America and the Caribbean depends on invigorating public and private investment
The UN organization presented today its 2016 annual economic report, in which it forecasts that the region will contract -0.8% this year. Latin American and Caribbean countries will show a -0.8% contraction in their growth rate in 2016, marking a…
