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Haiti: UN Mandate Extended Amid Political, Economic, Humanitarian Insecurity

Oct. 15, 2008 -- The Security Council today extended the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) through mid-October 2009, recognizing the impact that the civil disturbances in April and the current devastating hurricane season have had on the country’s stability and security.

World Bank to Protect Developing Countries

Oct. 13, 2008 -- The World Bank will join with the IMF and others to draw on the full range of our resources -- finance, analysis and advice - to help developing countries strengthen their economies, bolster their financial systems, maintain growth, and protect the most vulnerable groups against the impact of the current crises.

World Bank Donates $25 Million to Help Rebuild Beleaguered Haiti

Oct.10, 2008 -- The World Bank today announced $25 million in additional emergency grants for Haiti to support recovery and rebuilding efforts, and strengthen its capacity to cope with natural disasters, in the wake of a devastating series of storms that hit the Caribbean country.

ACP Free Trade Area (FTA) to be Discussed

Lagos, Oct. 6 (Xinhua) -- The sixth biennial summit of the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states has ended in Accra, Ghana with issuing its first decision.

ACP summit officially opens in Ghana

APA-Accra (Ghana)-- Oct. 2, 2008 -- Ghanaian President John Kufuor, who has assumed the chairmanship of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, has officially opened the 6th ACP Heads of State and Government summit that kicked off in the capital Accra on Thursday.

Help Age International (HAI) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean�s (ECLAC) to Hold Meeting in Barbados

Bridgetown -- Sept. 30, 2008 -- Barbados will be the venue for the Caribbean Regional Development Centre of Help Age International (HAI) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean’s (ECLAC) regional meeting slated for October 6 to 10.

Caribbean consultation on State of Journalism Education

Sept. 30, 2008 -- A three-day regional consultation to examine the Model Journalism Curricula prepared by UNESCO will take place at the PomMarine Hotel, Hastings Christ Church, Barbados, from 1 to 3 October 2008.

ECLAC Study to Review Policy & Provide Impact Assessment of Climate Change on Caribbean Countries

Sept. 18, 2008 -- A review of the economics of climate change in the Caribbean will be the subject of a study to be undertaken by ECLAC Sub-regional Headquarters for the Caribbean in Trinidad and Tobago (ECLAC-POS) and funded by the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID).

The Struggle to Help Hurricane-Hit Caribbean Continues, UN Relief Wing Says

Sept. 9, 2008 -- The United Nations humanitarian wing expressed deep concern today over the crisis engulfing the storm-stricken Caribbean as the region’s countries endure the fourth hurricane in less than a month.

UN rushing aid to Caribbean nations hit hard by severe weather

Sept. 8, 2008 -- The United Nations is providing assistance to a number of countries in the Caribbean that have been badly affected by recent severe weather, particularly Haiti which has been the worst hit, the world body's top humanitarian official said.

UN Secretary General Sounds Note of Anxiety Over Haiti�s Continued Instability

Sept. 4, 2008 - Efforts to stabilize Haiti have suffered serious setbacks in the past six months as a result of ongoing political disturbances, the delay in selecting a new prime minister and spiralling food prices, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says in a new report.

Opportunities and Challenges of World Food and Energy Crisis for the Region to be Discussed at ECLAC

Sept.3, 2008-- The seminar "Food and Energy Crisis: Opportunities and Challenges for Latin America and the Caribbean" will take place September 4-5 at ECLAC headquarters in Santiago.

Commonwealth Finance Ministers to discuss rising food, fuel prices at St. Lucia Meeting in October

Sept. 3, 2008 -- Commonwealth Finance Ministers will discuss the implications of rising food and fuel prices on their economies at their Annual Meeting, which this year will be held in Castries, St Lucia, from 6 to 8 October 2008.

ECLAC: Rising Inflation Poses Problems and Policy Dilemmas Countries in the Region Must Address

Aug. 29, 2008 -- After gradually falling since 2002, inflation in Latin America and the Caribbean climbed to 6.5% in 2007, and in the 12 month-period up to June 2008, had already accumulated an 8.9% increase. This situation is affecting almost the entire region, and is posing several problems and policy dilemmas to governments, says ECLAC's Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2007-2008, released recently by Executive Secretary Alicia Bárcena.

ECLAC Launches 2007-2008 Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean

August 20,  2008 -- Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), will hold a press conference to present the Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean, 2007-2008. Macroeconomic policy and volatility, on Wednesday, August 27, at 11 a.m. in ECLAC headquarters in Santiago, Chile (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Raúl Prebisch Conference Room).

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