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Op-Ed: Water and Caribbean Development
By Wayne Campbell Op-Ed Contributor “Providing sustainable access to improved drinking water sources is one of the most important things we can do to reduce disease” — World Health Organization Director General-Dr Margaret Chan The international community recently commemorated World […]
Statistics, Geography and Development in the Caribbean Region
By George Nicholson and Nayaatha Taitt Op-Ed Contributors Lifting persons in developing countries out of poverty and improving the stance of the country itself has long been a challenge faced by governments, with the Greater Caribbean being no exception. While […]
UN’s Ban: Costa Rica “Model Country” For Sustainable Development
Above: Costa Rica By the Caribbean Journal staff Costa Rica is a “model country” for sustainable development and the protection of human rights, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on his first official visit to the country last week. It […]
Ranking the Caribbean on Human Development
Above: the Bahamas (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff What are the most developed countries in the Caribbean, according to the United Nations Development Programme? The UNDP just released its annual Human Development Report, which scores countries on a […]
Dennis Chung: The Missing Piece to Jamaica’s Development
By Dennis Chung CJ Contributor AS Jamaica starts the 2014/15 fiscal year with the reports that we have successfully passed all four IMF tests so far, and with a feeling of greater confidence and hope for economic and fiscal improvements, […]
Barbados Continues to Lead Caribbean in Human Development Index
Above: Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados continues to have the highest Human Development Index of any Caribbean country, according to the United Nations Development Programme’s 2013 report. Barbados is ranked 38th in the world in HDI, […]
US Lawmaker Seeks “Comprehensive” Report on Progress in Haiti
Above: US Congresswoman Barbara Lee By the Caribbean Journal staff United States Congresswoman Barbara Lee has introduced a bill that would require a “comprehensive report” updating Congress on the progress of reconstruction and development in Haiti. The bill, HR 1749, […]
Op-Ed: The Logistics Hub Project and Jamaica’s Development
By Paul Hay Op-Ed Contributor ONE LINE of the Jamaican National Anthem reads: “Give us vision lest we perish.” Vision 2030 Jamaica provides a national development plan for making “Jamaica, the place of choice to live, work, raise families, and […]
Michel Forst, UN Human Rights Expert in Haiti, Tenders Resignation
Above: Michel Forst (UN Photo/Jean-Marc Ferre) By Alexander Britell Michel Forst, the United Nations’ Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in Haiti, has resigned from his position. A spokesperson for the MINUSTAH peacekeeping mission in Haiti confirmed the […]
Report Urges National Consensus in Haiti
Above: Haiti President Michel Martelly (Photo: OP Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is in a race against time to “convince its own people, donors and potential investors that progress and stability are still achievable,” according to a new […]
Haiti: United Nations Increasing Humanitarian Relief Efforts
Above: flooding in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United Nations is ramping up its humanitarian relief efforts following Tropical Storm Isaac. The storm, which departed from Haiti this weekend, continued to pose flooding risks and […]
Jamaica’s Debt Interest Payments Were World’s Highest in 2011: Report
Above: Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica’s “unsustainable public debt burden” continues to displace needed investments, preventing long-term growth, according to a new paper from the Center for Economic and Policy Research. In 2011, Jamaica had the highest debt […]
Guyana, UNDP Talk Development
Above: The UN’s Khadija Musa and Guyana President Donald Ramotar By the Caribbean Journal staff Guyana’s President Donald Ramotar held talks Monday with United Nations Resident Coordinator Khadija Musa. According to Musa, who is also the United Nations Development Programme’s […]
Trinidad Talks Development, Security with United Nations Development Programme
Above: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark (Photo: OPM Trinidad) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago and the United Nations Development Programme held talks this week focusing on the launch of the new Caribbean Human Development Report and a proposed […]
Dominica, Bahamas among “Most Ethical” Tourism Destinations: Report
By the Caribbean Journal staff Dominica and the Bahamas are among the top 10 “Best Ethical Destinations” in the developing world, according to a report by EthicalTraveler.org. The report rates countries on a series of factors, including environmental protection, social […]
Guyana Has Caribbean’s Most Female Parliamentarians: UN Report
Above, from left: Guyanese MPs Amna Ally, Judith David-Blair and Deborah Backer By the Caribbean Journal staff Approximately 30 percent of Guyanese parliamentarians are women, the highest rate of female political involvement in CARICOM, according to data from the United […]
Trinidad Leads Caribbean in Gender Equality: United Nations Report
Above: Trinidad Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar (Photo: TGISL) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has the highest rating the Caribbean for gender equality, according to data from the United Nations Development Programme’s latest report. Trinidad has an index of 0.331, […]
These Are the Best Caribbean Countries to Live In
The United Nations Development Programme has released the latest edition of its Human Development Index, it’s periodic ranking that effectively names the best countries in the world to live in. The index is based on a number of factors, including […]
The Best Caribbean Country to Live In
What’s the best Caribbean country to live in? Right now, it’s the Bahamas, according to the 2015 edition of the United Nations Human Development report. The report, which first launched 25 years ago, aims to explore development not using economic […]
The Caribbean’s Incarceration Problem
By Michael W Edghill CJ Contributor Every now and again, a report or statistic comes along that presents something genuinely surprising. A few weeks ago, that statistic came by way of a graphic shared through social media. The graphic showed the […]
Jamaica’s Murder Rate Falls to Seven-Year Low, But Still Caribbean’s Highest
Above: downtown Kingston By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica has the Caribbean’s highest murder rate, although the 1,124 murders reported in 2011 were a seven-year low for the country, according to the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012. The report, the […]
Trinidad, UNDP Sign Agreement on National Corporate Responsibility Policy
Above: UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Trinidad Foreign Minister Surujrattan Rambachan (Photo: OPM) By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad and Tobago signed an agreement Monday with the United Nations Development Programme on the adoption of a national corporate responsibility policy […]
CHTA Looks to Deepen Partnership With Dominican Republic
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association looking to deepen its partnership and outreach to hoteliers and tourism partners in the Dominican Republic. As part of a new agreement, the National Association of Hotels and Restaurants in the Dominican Republic, ASONAHORES, […]
American Airlines Names New Senior Vice President
American Airlines has named its newest senior vice president: Patrick O’Keefe, who will serve as the carrier’s new senior vice president for people. O’Keefe, who had been serving as vice president for information technology, will “lead the global human resources […]
Developing Jamaica’s Intellectual Capacity for Growth
BY DENNIS CHUNG CJ Contributor I recently made the point that the most important asset that Jamaica has is its three million residents, and that it is the underutilization of this asset that has caused us to attain average growth […]
Breaking: Fidel Castro Is Dead
The Cuba Journal is reporting that Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, born August 13, 1926, has died on November 25, 2016. Castro was a Cuban politician and revolutionary who governed the Republic of Cuba as Prime Minister from 1959 to 1976 followed […]
Rethinking Disaster Aid in Haiti
It’s time for a new way to think about aid By Ilio Durandis CJ Contributor When disaster strikes all masks come off. Every little problem gets magnified 10 fold. This is exactly the situation in Haiti post-Hurricane Matthew. Immediately after […]
The Caribbean Court of Justice — And What It Means For the Region
How the Caribbean Court of Justice benefits the Caribbean By Jeffrey H. Foreman Op-Ed Contributor In the decades-long debate over the establishment and adoption of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final court of appeal for the English speaking […]
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