ECLAC Subregional
Headquarters for the
Caribbean

Address:1 Chancery Lane
P.O. Box 1113
Port of Spain
Trinidad and Tobago
West Indies

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NEWS

The 24th session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) will be held in Georgetown, Guyana on 31 May 2012.

The CDCC will review the outputs of the Caribbean Development Round Table, and the Regional Coordinating Mechanism for implementation of the outcomes of the Mauritius Strategy for the further Implementation of the Programme of Action for the Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States.

The Second Caribbean Development Round (CDR) Table to be held in Georgetown, Guyana on 30 May 2012.

This event is being held, pursuant to Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) resolution 73(XXIII), entitled 'Support for the role of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in the Caribbean and enhancing the functions of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee'.

CEPAL Review Analyzes the Relationship between Energy Growth and Sustainability and Wage Differentials in the Caribbean.

CEPAL Review

UPCOMING EVENTS

PRESS RELEASE Expert Group Meeting to develop an action plan for sustainable statistical capacity development in the Caribbean.

ECLAC Port of Spain, 26 - 27 April 2012

Press Release - National Workshop on REDATAM+SP development of Webserver and xPlan applications for data dissemination.

16 - 20 April 2012

FEATURED PUBLICATIONS

Economic Survey of the Caribbean 2010-2011: Improving economic prospects amid global recovery

The current survey provides an overview of the economic performance for 2010 and the outlook for 2011 of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago, and of the eight member countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU).

Preliminary overview of the Caribbean economies: 2010- 2011

The impact of the economic crisis of 2008-2009 was especially severe on the Caribbean. In the case of Latin America and the Caribbean as a whole, the growth rate is anticipated to be 5.9%; however, the Caribbean will grow much more slowly. While the prospects for growth in the Caribbean are better in 2010 and 2011 relative to 2009, for a number of countries the recovery will be slow.

Caribbean Development Report: Volume III

The Caribbean Development Report is offered as a forum to the academic community, policymakers and researchers in the Caribbean.