Statistics
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CARICOM SERVICES STATISTICS WORKSHOP ENDS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The three-day workshop on Services Statistics convened by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Statistics Programme with funding from the USAID Caribbean Trade and Competitiveness Programme (CTRADECOM) ended in Barbados on Wednesday 13th April with discussions focussed on the profile of the financial sectors and challenges faced in the compilation of data in the Region. During the…
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REGIONAL FERTILITY AND MORTALITY STATISTICAL WORKSHOP UNDER WAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries gearing for the December 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM) are steadily focusing on improving their statistical database to ensure the effective flow of information when the CSM takes off. To this end, a three-day workshop under the theme Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT OPENING OF THE REGIONAL STATISTICAL WORKSHOP, 4 APRIL 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on “Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality.” For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters…
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Caribbean Statisticians Examine Free Movement Database
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As 2004 races to a close, Regional Officials are redoubling their efforts to ensure that Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are adequately equipped with the necessary information tools for the 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). To this end, the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS)…
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Statement issued at the conclusion of the Twenty-Seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the Caribbean Community Statisticians (SCCS) and the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (RCCC), 11-15 November 2002, St. George’s, Grenada
Regional statisticians got together for back-to-back meetings during the past week, November 11-15, 2002 in St. George’s, Grenada to discuss critical issues relating to data collection, compilation and dissemination, in support of national and regional priorities and objectives. The Meetings were convened by the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and hosted by the Government of Grenada. Proceeded by a…
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FRAMEWORK FOR ECONOMICS STATISTICS PRODUCTION IN THE REGION
Caribbean Statisticians are spearheading work on the development of a framework for the Production of Economics Statistics in the region, designed according to the requirements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). A Trade Policy Facilitation Project relating to the implementation of Protocol II on the Right of Establishment, Provision of Services and Movement of Capital is among the…
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CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS FOCUS ON POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUSES
Statisticians from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began a 4-day meeting in Georgetown, Guyana today Monday 10th January, 2000. High on the agenda at this the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians are population and housing censuses matters, social and economic statistics relating to matters such as gender, external trade, and the Caribbean Statistical Training…
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