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,…
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Improved budgeting process on the horizon in Saint Kitts and Nevis, as ECLAC wraps-up training
A recent training workshop facilitated by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) subregional headquarters for the Caribbean has “opened the eyes” of the Ministry of Finance of Saint Kitts and Nevis on how budgeting can be…
ECLAC wants continued development assistance to middle-income countries in the Caribbean
From Antigua Observer SANTIAGO, Chile, Jul. 3, CMC – The Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia Bárcena, says middle-income countries in the region should continue receiving official development assistance (ODA) to be…
Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development will follow up on the 2030 Agenda
This new Forum, approved during ECLAC’s thirty-sixth session, will be the regional mechanism for following up and reviewing the Agenda’s implementation in the region. The creation of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable…
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Governments failed the OAS at its 46th Assembly
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON, United States, Thursday June 16, 2016 – The 46th General Assembly of the Organisation of American States (OAS) was not a successful event. This judgement is in no way related to the government…
PAHO to help Caribbean with new SDGs for health
From Jamaica Observer MEDELLIN, Colombia (CMC) – The Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) says it is helping Caribbean countries prepare for the new United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) for health. PAHO said it recently held a regional workshop “to strengthen…
Call for Papers: “The Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Identity and Caribbean Development”
“The Caribbean Sea, Caribbean Identity and Caribbean Development” is the organizing theme for a Special Issue of Social & Economic Studies Journal of the Sir Arthur Lewis Institute of Social & Economic Studies (University of the West Indies, Mona). This…
