Poverty & Social Development: A Caribbean Perspective

Budget 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 standing of certain public goods (we can think of education, health and/or housing); Moreover as it has become relevant some fiery debates have also ignited the realms of free discussions about the role of infrastructural development as a cohesive apparatus to steer development objectives.

Yes indeed, within those spectrums it’s interesting to take stocks about the fact, that the application of measured infrastructural development strategies can certainly go a long way, as means to tackle sustainable development. How? Well it might be that solutions can be divided through the combination and integration of effective planning mechanisms, where matters of sustainability to advance the reach of social and environmental goals can come together to bind and enhance balanced contributions toward access, mobility and social connectedness. More >>>

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The studies making up this new section will deal with a significant issue relevant to the region's economic development and will provide analyses extending beyond the scope of an examination of current trends. It is hoped that this new addition will contribute to "the long and difficult task of preparing a complete and fully documented study of economic conditions"

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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 Approaches or programming across sectoral work in development, it can certainly mold significant rooms to address constant analyzes in the ways that public discussions or consultations tackle the nagging dynamics pertaining to the development of women.

In fact, within this very shaking and highly challenging nexus, it enables or set the priorities to move away from ambiguous conceptions vis-à-vis rights within the corpus of institutional responses that are needed to steer change through juridical and instrumental capacities.In these regards, setting the tone toward broad public consultations can of course be a task of no small proportions; however when those matters do need to be fully measured and understood, it goes without saying that all possible channels have to be looked upon in order to strengthen dissemination, and social mobilization.

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Leveling 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.

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As a matter of fact, in talking about innovations under these areas, the case of this joint project in the Dominican Republic (Batey area) between the Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA), Mailman School of Public Health and Batey Relief Alliance shed significant lights about the way that monitoring and evaluation typologies can help target and identify effective delivery of services, counseling and organizational capacity toward low-income and vulnerable groups, More >>>

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