By: CAROLINA GONZÁLEZ VELOSA and MARÍA EUGENIA DE DIEGO Some countries are luckier than others. In Latin America and the Caribbean, some have been endowed with an abundance of oil, gas and mineral reserves. This is the case for Chile, Colombia and Peru, where mineral extraction and oil drilling have been important sources of income. However, this abundance can backfire in … [Read more...] about The Future of Trinidad’s Economy Depends on the Skills of its Workforce, Not on Oil and Gas
Labour & Learning
How Modernizing Has Improved Efficiency, Transparency and Audit Security
By Franceso De Simone and Camila Mejia “Transparent practices form the basis for enhanced accountability”. Both “transparency” and “accountability”, as described in an OECD publication, are key pillars for development and essential elements for democratic governance in modern societies. The work done by a country’s primary auditing institution, usually the Office of the … [Read more...] about How Modernizing Has Improved Efficiency, Transparency and Audit Security
Why Coastal Cities Need a Blue Urban Agenda
By Michael Donovan Consider the nation of Kiribati, an island nation with 110,000 residents spread out over 33 atolls and reef islands in the South Pacific. Within a century, the country could be underwater or “deterritorialized”. In response, Kiribati’s former President authorized in 2014 the purchase of 20 square kilometers of land on Fiji in case of a future mass … [Read more...] about Why Coastal Cities Need a Blue Urban Agenda
What we know and what we don’t know about the social realities in the Caribbean
By Héctor Salazar Did you know that in the Caribbean, youth unemployment is higher and adolescent fertility is lower than in the rest of the region, and that women’s participation in the labor market stands out for being higher than elsewhere in Latin America? These are just three of the empirical findings, from the universe of 28 million observations analyzed, which can … [Read more...] about What we know and what we don’t know about the social realities in the Caribbean
5 Obstacles to Overcome for a more Productive Caribbean
Caribbean economies have hardly grown in the last 30 years. The last significant growth was in the 1980s when tourism and banana production expanded, but has since declined due to the loss of competitiveness in the bananas market and the emergence of other tourism destinations. To make matters worse, the Caribbean countries are severely indebted and have very limited options to … [Read more...] about 5 Obstacles to Overcome for a more Productive Caribbean