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GGGI establishes new office in the Caribbean
Thursday, May 30, 2019 — The Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI) opened a new office in Castries, St. Lucia, to strengthen support for its work to further promote green growth in the Caribbean region, and expand its partnership with the Organization…
European investments in Latin America and the Caribbean can help diversify the productive structure and move towards more sustainable development
In the framework of her visit to Germany, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, spoke at the Latin America-Caribbean Conference and met with authorities from several countries. European and German investments in specific sectors of the economy of Latin America and…
World Bank’s VP for Latin America and the Caribbean pledges financial and technical support to develop the Eastern Caribbean’s digital economy
May 23rd, 2019 Axel van Trotsenburg, an economist and development expert with over 30 years of experience at the World Bank Group who was appointed Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean effective February 1st, 2019, addressed the Regional…
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UNICEF Migration flows in Latin America and the Caribbean Situation Report No. 2 | March 2019
From Relief Web REPORT from UN Children’s Fund Highlights • 15,433 children participated in training activities at the Child-Friendly Spaces to prevent and address violence, abuse and exploitation in the departments of Arauca, La Guajira and Nariño (Colombia). • In Peru,…
USAID Administrator Mark Green travels to Latin America and the Caribbean
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to Trinidad and Tobago, Saint Lucia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Panamá May 9-15, 2019. On this trip, the Administrator will discuss challenges and opportunities with regional leaders and visit sites…
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After the Rain: The lasting effects of storms in the Caribbean | Luis Felipe López-Calva
By Luis Felipe López-Calva From Caribbean360 UNITED NATIONS, Wednesday April 24, 2019 (IPS) – Sustainability is constitutive of the concept of development. Just as economist Amartya Sen has argued that there is no point in discussing the relationship between development and…
UN official to inaugurate meeting of Caribbean countries on sustainable development
From Jamaica Observer SANTIAGO, Chile (CMC) – The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) says United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed will participate in the opening session of the third meeting of the Forum of the Countries…
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European Union, Latin America and the Caribbean: joining forces for a #CommonFuture
From EEAS Europa The EU is setting out a vision for renewed political partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean. The ‘Joint Communication’ comes 10 years after the last major EU strategy for the region. It comes at a difficult time…
Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development: An Example of Multilateralism and Regional Cooperation
*Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC’s Executive Secretary Nearly four years after the international community approved the 2030 Agenda and its 17 Goals in 2015, the region’s countries will gather at the Third Meeting of the Forum of the Countries of…
‘Mr Pompeo, you can stop’: China hits back at criticism over Latin America
By Liu Zhen From South China Morning Post Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang accuses US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo of spreading lies about China He says countries in the region ‘have good judgment about who is their true friend…
