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How Smart Data Management Can Solve Caribbean Policy Disputes

April 26, 2017 by Diether W. Beuermann 1 Comment

Administrative records are collected and stored by different public and private entities to carry out and monitor their own activities. Ministries of education collect school enrollment and academic achievement records; police departments store records of criminal activity; emigration services record movements of people in and out of the country; tax authorities collect … [Read more...] about How Smart Data Management Can Solve Caribbean Policy Disputes

Caribbean Girls Run Tings: Boosting Sales Growth

July 20, 2016 by Inder Jit Ruprah Leave a Comment

Most studies on women-owned or -managed firms have found that such firms perform more poorly than do men-owned or -managed firms. However, a forthcoming report by the Inter-American Development Bank[1] has found some interesting data on Caribbean firms led by women. Indeed, unlike other regions in the world, Caribbean firms led by women have higher sales growth than firms led … [Read more...] about Caribbean Girls Run Tings: Boosting Sales Growth

How does open data help the agricultural sector?

June 3, 2016 by Rachel Boyce Leave a Comment

By Carmine Paolo De Salvo, Rachel Boyce, Ivette Fis de Melo Latin America and the Caribbean contribute 11% of the value of world food production and possess 24% of the arable land in the world. Open data is a powerful source of information that can help in making decisions and formulating policies to foster the development of the agricultural sector, and consequently to help … [Read more...] about How does open data help the agricultural sector?

Increase data usage to enhance likelihood of successful policies

July 8, 2015 by Lucas Hoepel Leave a Comment

  When a public institution of a country carries out a project funded by a loan from the IDB, the executing agency is not the only one that benefits; the work of another institution, as shown below, has become easier. … [Read more...] about Increase data usage to enhance likelihood of successful policies

Why the Caribbean Embraces Open Data

December 5, 2014 by Autor invitado Leave a Comment

Discussions about open data and open government are advancing rapidly in the Caribbean and we are already witnessing some good examples of the benefits of open data in the region. In this post, I would like to briefly review progress being made of the creation of an Open Data ecosystem in the Caribbean and look at a few examples that have been useful to some of the governments … [Read more...] about Why the Caribbean Embraces Open Data

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