statistics
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Jamaica leads region in surveys, statistics
JAMAICA is leading the region in terms of the administration of surveys and statistics. “Jamaica is the country in the Caribbean that produces the most statistics and on the most frequent basis,” says Director General at the Statistical Institute of Jamaica (STATIN), Carol Coy. She said a number of countries in the region do not produce the types of surveys…
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Statistics workshop underway in Trinidad and Tobago
A statistics workshop focusing on National Accounts is now underway in Trinidad and Tobago. The Workshop, which began on Monday, concludes on Friday. It is being conducted as part of the CARICOM Project – Improvement in the Production and Dissemination of the System of National Accounts, which is funded by the European Union (EU) under the Tenth European Development Fund…
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CDB Supports Drive For Better Data To Boost Caribbean Development
ST. MICHAEL (CDB) — In 2012, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved financing for a collaborative project with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The project involved enhancing the capacity of countries in the Region and the OECS Commission to compile and disseminate data on human development. The Implementation of DevInfo and Strengthening Capacity…
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Pursue more vibrant statistics agenda – Dr. Philomen Harrison
Regional statisticians and stakeholders in the sector are meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, this week on the heels of the observances earlier this month of Caribbean Statistics Day and World Statistics Day, both celebrated under the theme ‘Better Data, Better Lives’. The Barbados meetings are the 40th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS); the 25th Meeting of the…
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Invest in improvement of statistics – SG urges Member States
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, has urged Member States to invest in the improvement of the production of statistics to support and guide sustained Regional economic and social development. He also commended statisticians in the Community for their efforts in the face of resource constraints that the Region was confronting. In a message to mark CARICOM Statistics Day…
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Regional statistics stakeholders meet to chart way forward post-2015
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Officials involved in the field of statistics will next week begin a four-day training session that will focus on the status of and requirements for the Region as it prepares for the post-2015 era. The Training Workshop by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, with support from the Tenth European Development Fud (EDF), will be…
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Seven-year Regional statistics capacity-building project launched
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Cdn$19.5M project aimed at building the statistical capacity in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was launched recently in Grenada. The Project for the Regional Advancement of Statistics in the Caribbean (PRASC), funded by the Canadian Government, is a seven-year initiative that begins this month. It is geared at strengthening the statistical system of the…
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