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"Social protection systems are a crucial fundament of society. Since consumption continues after retirement, particularly as individuals may be confronted with significant spending on medical treatment and other forms of care, saving for this consumption...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
This Report summarises the main findings and recommendations emerging from a Research Study on Social Protection and Poverty Reduction in the Caribbean: Examining Policy and Practice, conducted in February-June 2004. The Study is a joint initiative of...
Institutions and agencies involved: University of Manchester
El Fondo Internacional de Desarrollo Agrícola (FIDA) y la Organización para la Agricultura y la Alimentación de las Naciones Unidas (FAO) han unido sus fuerzas para hacer frente al creciente nivel de desempleo de los jóvenes del Caribe. ...
Publisher: International Fund for Agricultural Development, IFAD
An integral part of the road to development is social development and protection, and when correctly integrated, the outcome wouldtransform all aspects of social relations. In order to have healthy and strong transformation, social safety net programs...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
The second Caribbean Development Roundtable hosted by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, was held in Guyana, in May 30, 2012. The theme of the meeting was “Macroeconomic Policy for Structural Transformation and Social Protection...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
The Organization of American States (OAS), in collaboration with the Social Development Unit of the World Bank and the St. Lucia Social Development Fund, held the Workshop on Virtual Learning for Effective Social Policy in St. Lucia, from March 10-11,...
Institutions and agencies involved: Organisation of American States, OAS
The present paper seeks to contribute to the growing discussion on social protection through an assessment of the status of social health protection systems for the elderly within the English-speaking Caribbean, and a review of the systems in Jamaica and...
Institutions and agencies involved: United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, UNECLAC
The CARICOM Agreement on Social Security was signed in Georgetown, Guyana on 1 March 1996 and came into effect on 1 April 1997. From this date persons can thus apply for benefits under the Agreement. The Agreement isintended to protect CARICOM Nationals’...
Institutions and agencies involved: Caribbean Community, CARICOM
This paper examines the role of social protection (SP) in Small Island Developing States (SIDS), given their particular structural, human resource and capacity constraints. While it focuses on SIDS in Latin America and the Caribbean, the lessons may be...
Institutions and agencies involved: World Bank Group