Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe (Estudios e Investigaciones)
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CARISPLAN: abstracting manual
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe |
- CDCC
- Date Issued
- 1989-02-01
- Physical Description
- 10 p.
This manual describes the scope of the Caribbean Information System for Economic and Social Planning (CARISPLAN) and identifies the required content of abstracts to be included in this system. The concept of an "abstract" is defined and various types explained. Characteristics and content of an a...
Centroamérica y la República Dominicana: evolución económica en 2017 y perspectivas para 2018. Balance preliminar
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Subsede de México
- Date Issued
- 2018-02-08
- Physical Description
- 79 p.
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Este documento presenta un balance preliminar de las economías de Centroamérica (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua y Panamá) y la República Dominicana (CARD) en 2017 y ofrece perspectivas para 2018. Es un análisis de coyuntura elaborado por la Unidad de Desarrollo Económico (U...
Addressing capacity gaps in the production of the SDG indicators in the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- Abdulkadri, Abdullahi
- Date Issued
- 2017-12
- Physical Description
- 20 p.
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The Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Indicator Framework is endorsed by the United
Nations Statistical Commission as the monitoring mechanism for the 169 targets and more than 230
indicators of the SDGs. Reporting of these indicators will pose a formidable challenge to the
Caribbean ...
An assessment of the challenges to Caribbean offshore financial centres: Saint Kitts and Nevis and Antigua and Barbuda
- Author(s):
- Mc Lean, Sheldon |
- Jordan, Ava
- Date Issued
- 2017-12
- Physical Description
- 20 p.
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Offshore Shore Centres (OFCs) are generally small, low tax jurisdictions. In defining International Financial Centers (IFC’s) the International Monetary Fund (IMF) notes that there must be a large number of financial institutions functioning in a simplified regulatory environment, with low or no ta...
Prospects for blockchain-based settlement frameworks as a resolution to the threat of de-risking to Caribbean financial systems
- Author(s):
- Williams, Robert Crane
- Date Issued
- 2017-04
- Physical Description
- 23 p.
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Caribbean countries have been seriously impacted by the trend toward “de-risking” in the global financial system, and this is damaging to their economic security and the ability of Caribbean businesses to innovate. De-risking is the name given to the tendency of banking institutions to turn away fr...
Identification of mechanisms for financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives to increase investment in Saint Lucia
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
- Date Issued
- 2016-05-20
- Physical Description
- 62 P.
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Saint Lucia is highly dependent on imported fossil fuels for energy production, which makes the country vulnerable to price volatility and supply shortages. Also, it is well known that the initial cost of investing in renewable technologies can be prohibitive so there is a need to find ways to aver...
Identification of mechanisms for financing of energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives to increase investment in the Commonwealth of Dominica
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
- Date Issued
- 2016-05-15
- Physical Description
- 50 p.
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This document identifies mechanisms for financing investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy initiatives in the Commonwealth of Dominica. The overall objective of this study is to examine financing opportunities which will provide greater incentives for the development of energy efficien...
Energy efficiency policies in the Caribbean: a manual to guide the discussion
- Author(s):
- Guerra, Sergio
- Date Issued
- 2016-05-05
- Physical Description
- 62 p.
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This paper was prepared to guide the first session of the training workshop Introduction to Financial Feasibility Assessment of EE and RE Projects in the Caribbean. It explores two potential reasons that might be hindering the adoption of energy efficiency policies in the Caribbean. The first reaso...
Barriers to identification and implementation of energy efficiency mechanisms and enhancing renewable energy technologies in the Caribbean
- Author(s):
- McGuire, Gregory
- Date Issued
- 2016-05
- Physical Description
- 38 p.
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The objective of this study is to research barriers to the identification and implementation of mechanisms for enhancing energy efficiency and investment in renewable energy in the Caribbean. Specifically the study aims to provide an assessment of the region’s status with respect to energy efficien...
The development of population projections for the Turks and Caicos Islands 2012-2027
- Corporate Author(s):
- NU. CEPAL. Sede Subregional para el Caribe
- Date Issued
- 2016-07-20
- Physical Description
- 161 p.
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It is not possible to trace the early demographic development of the Turks and Caicos Islands due to lack of data, but what is evident from the limited historical data is that population developments beginning in 1921 and up to 1970 followed the same path as other Caribbean Islands.
The Turks an...