Sede Subregional de la CEPAL para el Caribe (Estudios e Investigaciones)

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Contenido: Documentos de proyectos e investigaciones elaborados por la Sede Subregional de la CEPAL , la que fue creada por Resolución 288(XIII) de 19 abril de 1969.

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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.
UN symbol:: LC/MEX/TS.2018/3; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/2017/20; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/2017/19; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/2017/2; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/W.14; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/W.13; Texto; Documento Completo

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.
UN symbol:: LC/CAR/W.12; Texto; Documento Completo

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...

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