Caribbean News - Issue # 6 - Dec.06/Jan.07

Dec. 2006/Jan. 2007 – Number 6   A bimonthly newsletter for the Caribbean Region

1. Regional developments by Caroline Anstey, World Bank Director for the Caribbean
2. Haiti: Nouvelle Stratégie intérimaire et don de 28 millions de dollars pour la gouvernance économique et les services d'approvisionnement en eau et d'assainissement
3. Remittances: Their development impact in Latin America and the Caribbean
4. Consultas sobre estrategia de Gobernabilidad y Anticorrupción del Banco Mundial en la República Dominicana
5. World Development Report 2007: Development and the Next Generation
6. Reunión de la Red Global de Aprendizaje para el Desarrollo de las Americas 
7. World Bank - Civil Society Engagement: A Review of Years 2005 and 2006

1.   As Jamaica, Guyana, Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, and the OECS countries get ready to host the Cricket World Cup, the year 2007 has already seen the launch of several development programs in the Caribbean", said Caroline Anstey, WB Director for the Caribbean, in her  intro.

2.   Haiti: La Banque mondiale annonce une nouvelle stratégie intérimaire et approuve l'octroi d'un montant de 28 millions de dollars pour améliorer la gouvernance économique et les services d'approvisionnement en eau et d'assainissement.  Lire (read strategy in  English)

3.   In 2005 migrant workers from Latin America and the Caribbean sent a total of US$48.3 billion back to their home countries. Despite the importance of remittances in the region, a new study finds that their impact on the region has in some cases been overestimated.  Read

4.   Las consultas ayudarán a orientar al Banco Mundial en la adopción de un nuevo planteamiento de buen gobierno y lucha contra la corrupción.  Leer  

5.    According to the report, developing countries which invest in better education, healthcare and job training for their young people between the ages of 12 and 24 years of age, could produce surging economic growth and sharply reduce poverty.  More

6.   La República Dominicana sirvió de sede a los representantes de la región afiliados a Red, la cual está conformada por centros de aprendizaje que ofrecen el uso de avanzadas tecnologías de información y comunicaciones para conectar a personas que trabajan en la tarea del desarrollo.  Leer 

7.   The Review describes, with rich details, how the World Bank has reached out and involved civil society in its policy formulation, research, training, funding and implementation initiatives. More (en  français)                           

                                                         

 

See also:

*   NEWS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
*   NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE WORLD BANK
*   UPCOMING AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES
*   JOB VACANCIES  

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