Region on growth track and poverty in decline via Poverty News Blog
Economic gains have been seen in the Caribbean and Latin America. This is the sixth consecutive year the region has seen growth. This report says that growth could slow next year, due to inflation. - KaleThe Caribbean and Latin America have posted positive economic gains for a sixth consecutive year, despite the global economic downturn, a United Nations agency said last week.Regional gross domestic product (GDP) is growing at a rate of about five per cent, according to the latest Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) report.The report also said while economic growth for 2008 is unlikely to match the nearly six per cent expansion recorded last year, GDP per capita is forecast to grow three per cent in the region, for a fifth consecutive year, marking the... 14,000 AIDS deaths recorded in Caribbean last year via Poverty News Blog
from the Jamaica ObserverDespite the grim headline, the report releasing these stats shows some leveling off on the number of new infections. More funding has contributed to to that stabilizing of new cases. - Kale PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - At least 14,000 people in the Caribbean died of illnesses related to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) last year, but there appears to be a stabilisation in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, according to figures released here on Tuesday.The figures, which were released as part of the Caribbean Launch of the UNAIDS Global report 2008, showed that last year an estimated 230,000 to 270,000 persons were living with HIV, while an estimated 20,000 to 25,000 were newly infected."We have made some headway against HIV in the region," said Dr Michel de Groulard,... Children’s voices heard at COHSOD in the Caribbean via Poverty News Blog
from Caribbean Net NewsGEORGETOWN, Guyana: The voices of Caribbean children were heard loudly earlier this month at the official opening of the 2nd Special Session on Children of the CARICOM Council of Human and Social Development (COHSOD).The meeting, attended by Ministers from CARICOM member states, was called to assess progress made since the 1st special COHSOD meeting in 2002 on those areas that especially affect children: Early Childhood Development, Child Protection, HIV and AIDS, and Infant and Maternal Mortality.According to UNICEF Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean, Nils Kastberg, the timing of this COHSOD session is especially significant as “we are at a crossroads - just past halfway to 2015”, the target date set for the realization of the Millennium... Plans to commemorate International Poverty Eradication Day via Poverty News Blog
from the Caribbean Broadcasting CorporationA call is being made for an urgent meeting of Caribbean ministers of government to find solutions to the scourge of poverty.It comes from government's advisor on poverty eradication and the millennium development goals, Hamilton Lashley. He believes ministers responsible for social development need to meet and formulate a coordinated approach to addressing the problem, given the varying levels of poverty throughout the region.Mr. Lashley was speaking during a media briefing with several United Nations agencies and other non-governmental organisations, to announce plans to commemorate International Poverty Eradication Day on October 17th.The activities organised include a concert with performances by UN Peace Ambassador Aja and other artistes.In...
CaRAPN - weaving the policy net for agriculture in the Caribbean via AgInfo News from IAALD
The web site of the Caribbean Regional Agricultural Policy Network (CaRAPN) aims to support the wider involvement of all stakeholders in agricultural policy making processes in the region.
According to an article in December 2006 issue of Agribeat by IICA and CTA, the network is an "excellent source of agricultural policy information, providing news and issues, policy documents among others."...
Mass media and agricultural policies in the Caribbean via AgInfo News from IAALD
The December 2006 issue of Agribeat by IICA and CTA contains the materials mobilised at a workshop to explore how agricultural policy information can be disseminated through the mass media.
Presenters addressed the current and emerging key regional agricultural policy issues and initiatives, the methods and techniques of agricultural policy communication and dissemination as well as the role of...
Time to reform agricultural extension via AgInfo News from IAALD
Ainsworth Grant in the Antigua Sun argues that if scientific research is to achieve a real impact on farm productivity and livelihoods of farmers, new methodologies for dissemination of information have to be developed or adapted.He suggests that the main direction of reform in agricultural extension is towards a learning paradigm that incorporates methodologies and approaches that increase the interactive participation of all stakeholders.This article is part of a series by Ainsworth Grant entitled 'Hands to the Plough' and published on the Antigua Sun newspaper.Tags: agricultural information extension...
Connecting Agricultural Sector through Electronic Governance Models and 2 Lessons via Digital Vision Fellowship Collaboration Framework - A Virtual Community and Collaboration Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs and Human Development Fellows
Electronic Governance, in simplest terms, it refers to those governance processes in which Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are playing an active role in delivering governance related products and......
Digital Governance Initiative via Digital Vision Fellowship Collaboration Framework - A Virtual Community and Collaboration Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs and Human Development Fellows
Digital Governance Initiative is a virtual network of over 2800 E-governance policymakers and practitioners from developing countries. The Initiative identifies and propagates innovative e-governance models which are suited for developing countries. The models are based on strategic application of knowledge and information technologies to create an e-governance system which is citizen specific and addressess a particular development concern, viz: lack of information, corruption, bureaucracy......
Agricultural information actors and needs in the Caribbean via AgInfo News from IAALD
The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) recently published a series of reports on the agricultural information situation in Caribbean countries. All the reports can be found via CTA's virtual resource centre - http://www.anancy.net/.Overall findings for the Caribbean are grouped according to information needs, information management capacity and information sources.On information needs in the region, the findings indicate that institutions in the countries studied encountered difficulties in obtaining nationally generated data and information. Information on markets, market trends, current information on trade and trade agreements were important to all countries especialy those seeking to diversify away from sugar and bananas. Information on conferences,...
When the system responds and works via Digital Vision Fellowship Collaboration Framework - A Virtual Community and Collaboration Toolkit for Social Entrepreneurs and Human Development Fellows
Laura truly is a family person. While I hardly ever visit relatives to avoid being a burden for anyone, she takes extreme care of getting in touch with everyone and visiting them everytime she's in town. This time, finally, I came along for the ride. So for the past 3 days she's been dragging me across town, uptown and downtown, East and West of New York, to meet her relatives from both sides of her......