tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200701682024-03-07T18:35:06.100-05:00Poverty & Social Development: A Caribbean PerspectiveA platform to explore the different layers related to human and social development within the Caribbean landscape. The directions of policies relayed through the dissemination of information and knowledge management will broaden our scope of references vis-à-vis the relevance and effectiveness of some development mechanisms within specific settings.Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.comBlogger1345125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-5643121004541933892007-07-30T10:14:00.001-04:002007-07-30T10:26:55.695-04:00Budget in Sessions (2006-2007, Trinidad & Tobago): The Role of Infrastructure Development to Mainstream Social Connectedness The upcoming budget sessions (for 2006-2007) for Trinidad & Tobago, are not only setting the tones about the testing issues that surround matters of fiscal spaces as government strives to address various scenarios about the effectiveness of public expenditures, and the Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-2517743551006705862007-07-29T10:29:00.000-04:002007-07-29T10:52:14.025-04:00ECLAC: Economic Survey of Latin-America and the Caribbean, 2006-2007This is the latest edition by ECLAC that covers the state of economic progress and transitions to sustainable growth for Latin-American and Caribbean countries between 2006-2007. Readers will be glad comprehensive data sets that highlight the dynamics that moved the process of growth in the region, and how economic, technologicalEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-48716825161987116382007-07-23T15:49:00.000-04:002007-07-23T16:13:06.891-04:00CEDAW: Moving Across the Lines of Participation and Consultations in Antigua & Barbuda The development of CEDAW has long been hailed as a central mechanism to attack at full fledge matters of gender equality as they move throughout the realms of human rights realities. As an ongoing platform to strengthen the reach of consultations and assessments vis-à-vis the engagement of Rights-Based Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-15056529145382174532007-07-09T21:33:00.000-04:002007-07-09T21:41:11.386-04:00Leveling the Playing Field to Address the Dynamics of Child Labor A recent article in the Stabroek News about the status of Child Labor in the country (Guyana), see here, unravels in many instances some food for thoughts re the development and focus in perspectives about the relationships between Child Labor and Poverty. As challenging as it is to fully grasp the many gray areas underneath thoseEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-70019975741120728192007-07-08T20:51:00.000-04:002007-07-08T21:20:16.414-04:00Batey (Dominican Republic): Innovations in Practices toward Access to Universal Care and HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs In the fight against HIV/AIDS, Universal Access to Care and Prevention Programs brings-in numerous challenges, where the calls for improvements in terms of sectoral planning and capacity development can be summed up as quintessential and pro-active measures.And within this nexus,Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-10430255749074210062007-07-07T18:29:00.000-04:002007-07-07T18:44:51.524-04:00 ODA, Community and Infrastructure Development for HaitiAnd straight from Canada, CIDA (The Canadian International Development Agency) has just approved a US$16.5 million grant that will be applied to the upgrading of infrastructures in Haiti, with an aim toward the strengthening of inclusive participation in community development projects for local populations. More >>>Tags: Caribbean Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-6142016778831006842007-07-06T13:26:00.001-04:002007-07-06T13:36:39.807-04:00Digging into the Evidence: The comparative advantage of Regional Integration for the CARICOM It’s very good to know that the process of Regional Integration for the CARICOM has been refreshed in the lights of new thinking that surfaced from the past CARICOM Heads of Government Conference. As noted by some analysts, see here, this perspective comes to the shores by trying to move beyond the Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-77485194182140406032007-07-05T17:53:00.000-04:002007-07-05T19:41:18.174-04:00ICT.... Double Jeopardy or Key to Transformational and Comprehensive Development for the CARICOMOh la la, shy steps for me as I'm trying to get back on tracks with this blog. I have to confess though that running a blog is not a small matter, a lot having to deal with time and motivation.But.... as I couldn't let go, here I am stepping back into the fora. And as a best way to re-fashion theseEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-31223766441761894782007-03-23T15:07:00.000-04:002007-03-23T15:15:56.361-04:00Addressing Early Childhood Education in Jamaica In Jamaica the designs of appropriate standards and partnerships to enhance early childhood education are part of a broad national strategy, where capacity development schemes are geared to enlarge research and practices, and examine “What Works” between various concepts and approaches to learning and center-based early childhood education. WithinEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-44763452122761887762007-03-22T15:32:00.000-04:002007-03-23T20:07:06.237-04:00 Looking into the Nexus of Pro-Poor Growth and Equality of Opportunities in Latin-America and the Caribbean In his own words, Luis Alberto Moreno, President of the IDB, asserts that: “Latin-America and the Caribbean need a contract of equality of opportunities to ensure that the benefits of economic growth reach the region’s majority”. As we all know, and taking into context the debates Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-63533507038638901782007-03-22T02:09:00.000-04:002007-03-22T02:23:03.045-04:00In Remittances We Believe…. Let’s hope that the power of gross projections will not derail the real prospects for aid effectiveness and development cooperation, in relation to the real impacts of remittances on development planning. With all the recent hypes surrounding the amazing growth of remittances in the Caribbean region and Latin-America, see here, and here [Remittances to the Caribbean Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-18172047288918401752007-03-09T12:12:00.000-05:002007-03-09T12:21:56.887-05:00Child Protection in the Bahamas: A Revamped Approach in Regulations and Legal Provisions Hey there! I hail these developments toward the enhancement of Child Protection Legislations in the Bahamas (see here). And as demonstrated these adaptations strive to broaden legal provisions vis-à-vis the notion of sexual and emotional abuses; such frameworks have to be part of ongoing and comprehensive Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-2000055332717482662007-03-07T23:43:00.000-05:002007-03-07T23:48:46.142-05:00Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-17911152738469001752007-03-07T12:39:00.000-05:002007-03-07T13:06:48.020-05:00 A Tale of Rising Inflation and High Food Prices in Barbados When for example excessive increases in food prices constitute a quagmire for decision-makers and elected officials to sort-out, we can honestly say that we are gradually falling into a theatrical demonstration of blame-making.And on the other end of the spectrum such distortions in the economy bring serious questions in Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-71677673168383008092007-03-06T13:56:00.000-05:002007-03-06T14:22:29.944-05:00Reversal of Fortunes, or…. (Price Control System in St-Maarten) The debates over Price Controls can be contentious at least, to very divisive in the first place, as it involves many distinctive views vis-à-vis the policy alternatives needed to level the playing field.For instance in most forms or attempts of regulations, protagonists find themselves mired in tugs-of-war over the advantages/Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-81947732480305642312007-03-06T09:58:00.000-05:002007-03-06T10:13:29.468-05:00Regionalism in Full Fledge With the growing awareness of the interdependence among countries in the Caribbean zone, the CARICOM is fully embracing a framework for cooperation that take into account the many challenges of globalization, and how to adapt regional economic cooperation iniatives. _________________________________________________________________________ “Caribbean leaders are Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-84681987485216463282007-03-04T13:45:00.000-05:002007-03-04T13:54:54.800-05:00Trade and Economic Integration in the Caribbean: A Distinctive Approach to Address Welfare and Economic Efficiency For a variety of reasons, the coordination of economic policies either at global or regional levels does make sense. And in the current waves that evolve around the objectives of trade liberalization, the process of economic integration comes with many different degrees in terms of Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-85402775116985449952007-02-28T19:32:00.000-05:002007-02-28T19:50:50.665-05:00Trinidad & Tobago: Vision 2020 (and its operational plan) I’m just a bit late on that one.... Nonetheless, it’s still a piece of news with great resonance, as it carries out the roll-out of Vision 2020 for Trinidad & Tobago.And in case that some of you out there, don’t already know, this is the blue-print of the T&T government to carry the country toward a developed nation status by 2010. Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-86163511083089490602007-02-28T18:26:00.000-05:002007-02-28T18:50:00.175-05:005th Annual Latin American Leadership ForumMarch 14 & 15, 2007 Santo Domingo & Cap Cana, Dominican RepublicThe 5° Annual Latin American Leadership Forum is a multi-level marketplace, hosting the lead decision-makers of the top 50 Strategic Infrastructure projects throughout Latin America and the Caribbean, including an additional Top 10 Strategic Infrastructure projects from the Dominican Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-44110503648098763742007-02-27T10:17:00.000-05:002007-02-27T11:05:08.569-05:00FDI in Focus If Foreign and Direct Investment (FDI) can be described as an integral component for effective international economic system, yet some questions are still pending regarding the distributional effects of this mechanism, and its sectoral and local impacts among others. In a nutshell for host countries (developing nations), the pre-requisites for development effectiveness invite Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-5984482876717590682007-02-26T23:07:00.000-05:002007-02-26T23:33:00.009-05:00 Minimum Wage Laws and the Context of Poverty Reduction Well! That’s quite a serious matter trying to reconcile minimum wage laws and their impacts on output and employment. And during one of those timeless internet searches of mine, these issues came to my mind after reading about the upcoming debates set to unfold in the Cayman Islands about minimum wage laws and future strategies to revampEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-18004989236642070312007-02-25T16:38:00.000-05:002007-02-25T16:57:52.542-05:00An Interesting One…. (But not too long) Based on the assumption that good governance is a pre-requisite to conduct effective application of conceptual and operational synergy, this process underlines the imperatives to fashion the best lessons and experiences toward the development of a holistic approach, as institutions have to consider and respond to the needs of regional and local communitiesEm Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-12274415780504473032007-02-23T17:22:00.000-05:002007-02-23T17:42:13.909-05:00Education Reforms and Content Delivery in Puerto-Rico: Riding the Waves of Change One of my views regarding education reforms is that before all, any attempt to overhaul a system within this body, should pay close attentions to ensure that recruitment and quality of teaching are reflective of effective preparation and training practices.And due to the growing and challenging conditions that Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-91155768310827958372007-02-22T13:24:00.000-05:002007-02-22T15:53:56.532-05:00The Inter-American Commission of Women (CIM), and The Development Outlooks vis-à-vis Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women in the Americas Among one the huge challenges facing the world today, the questions of gender equality and empowerment of women stand firms in regards to their ramifications to various development aspects, and just to name a few, I can cite such elements as democratic Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20070168.post-43232553957260825672007-02-21T17:57:00.000-05:002007-02-21T18:06:01.120-05:00Second MOST-UNESCO Summer School for Latin America and the Caribbean Local development policies and social management. Overcoming poverty and inequality in Latin America. <!--D:DO_INFO:START--> This Summer School aims to bring together young researchers, scholars and students following a Masters degree or a PhD from the region. It will take Em Asombahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11004375023222551121noreply@blogger.com0