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Caribbean Tourism and Agriculture
Linking to Enhance Development and Competitiveness
This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. Increased linkage between...
This study examines current trends in tourism and agriculture in Caribbean countries and the strategy for linking them in order to facilitate their future development. Increased linkage between...
Caribbean Economies 2006
A Preliminary Overview
This document gives a general regional overview of Caribbean economies in 2006, based on preliminary data and focused on the CARICOM economies, with the exception of Haiti. It contains individual...
This document gives a general regional overview of Caribbean economies in 2006, based on preliminary data and focused on the CARICOM economies, with the exception of Haiti. It contains individual...
Status of Agrifood Regulatory Coordination under the North American Free Trade Agreement
The purpose of this study is to take stock of the regulatory coordination among the NAFTA economies on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and to identify ways to move forward to advance market...
The purpose of this study is to take stock of the regulatory coordination among the NAFTA economies on sanitary and phytosanitary measures and to identify ways to move forward to advance market...
Cambio y oportunidad
la responsabilidad social corporativa como fuente de competitividad en pequeñas y medianas empresas...
Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto de OEA-CEPAL-YABT, Promoción de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del proyecto es...
Este trabajo forma parte del proyecto de OEA-CEPAL-YABT, Promoción de la Responsabilidad Social Corporativa en Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en América Latina y el Caribe. El objetivo del proyecto es...
Nutrition, Gender and Poverty in the Caribbean Subregion
This paper explores the important link between nutrition, gender and poverty in the Caribbean Sun region. The paper illustrates the central role that women play in the nutrition of their children and...
This paper explores the important link between nutrition, gender and poverty in the Caribbean Sun region. The paper illustrates the central role that women play in the nutrition of their children and...
The Global Financial Crisis
What Happened and What's Next
This paper examines the events that led the global economy to the current crisis. It starts by looking at the current debate about the causes of this crisis, listing the elements most explanations...
This paper examines the events that led the global economy to the current crisis. It starts by looking at the current debate about the causes of this crisis, listing the elements most explanations...
Debt Accumulation in the Caribbean
Origins, Consequences and Strategies
The aim of this document is to present an analysis of debt by using a consistent stock-flow model and to apply it to the Caribbean case. The document is divided into four sections presenting the facts...
The aim of this document is to present an analysis of debt by using a consistent stock-flow model and to apply it to the Caribbean case. The document is divided into four sections presenting the facts...
Population Ageing in the Caribbean
A Four Country Study
The publication contains a study of population ageing in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago While the Caribbean is still characterized by a...
The publication contains a study of population ageing in Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago While the Caribbean is still characterized by a...
Latin America
the Missing Financial Crisis
The current episode (2007-09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialized...
The current episode (2007-09) may well be the first time since Latin America gained its independence in the early 1800s that a major economic contraction and financial calamity in the industrialized...
Disability in the Caribbean
A Study of Four Countries - A Socio-demographic Analysis of the Disabled
The paper presents an overview of definitions and concepts applied by the United Nations and further describes different concepts and methodologies that are available to quantify and measure...
The paper presents an overview of definitions and concepts applied by the United Nations and further describes different concepts and methodologies that are available to quantify and measure...
The Migration of Health Care Workers in the Western Hemisphere
Issues and Impacts
Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western...
Health care migration is a large and global business. Recruitment is decentralized, involves both public and private sector entrepreneurs, and is difficult to regulate. The countries of the Western...
Exploring Policy Linkages Between Poverty, Crime and Violence
A look at Three Caribbean States
The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and...
The impact of crime and violence on the social, economic and political development of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean is well documented. The paper begins with definitions and...
Suriname
The Impact of the May 2006 Floods on Sustainable Livelihoods
The May 2006 floods in Suriname were a devastating blow for the affected population’s capacity to make a living. This assessment of the socio-economic impact of the floods makes use of the Sustainable...
The May 2006 floods in Suriname were a devastating blow for the affected population’s capacity to make a living. This assessment of the socio-economic impact of the floods makes use of the Sustainable...
Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility in Small and Medium Enterprises in the Caribbean
Survey Results
The survey provides specific information from the sample of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Caribbean firms for creating a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) database. It captures...
The survey provides specific information from the sample of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) Caribbean firms for creating a detailed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) database. It captures...
Aid Under Fire
Relief and Development in an Unstable World
The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...
The challenge of working in situations of actual or unresolved conflict is not new, but it has a greater impetus and commands more attention today than in the past. This publication aptly addresses...
Emergency Telecommunications
The Vital Role of Telecommunications in Disaster Relief and Mitigation
The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...
The success of disaster mitigation as well as disaster relief operations depends on teamwork and teamwork depends on communication. The areas of coverage in this publication include: the unrestricted...
Land Mines
From Words to Action
The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...
The world community has come to realise that the clearance of land mines is essential. This publication addresses such areas as: education as an important link in clearance continuum, new technologies...
Chernobyl
No Visible End to the Menace
The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...
The number of humanitarian disasters vying for the world's attention has increased steadily in the last decade. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 shared many elements with more recent emergencies...
Disasters
Acts of Nature, Acts of Man?
In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...
In the past decades, natural and human systems have grown greatly intertwined and the distinction between 'acts of Man' and 'acts of Nature' has become increasingly blurred. This publication discusses...
Disasters and Development
The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...
The linkage between disasters and development is well recognized, as is our growing ability to counter the threat. This publication offers an understanding of the devastating impacts of disasters and...