EL SALVADOR, Aug 27, CMC - The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says poverty is on the decline in the Caribbean and Latin American.

In launching its latest report here to complement global analysis on vulnerability and resilience that was presented in Japan, the UNDP said more than 56 million people have been lifted out of poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean in recent years.

In assessing 18 countries in the region, the report says poverty levels from 2000-2012 fell from 41.7 per cent to 25.3 percent of the population.

PRIME Minister Freundel Stuart says it is important that leaders of Small Island Developing States attend the upcoming Third International UN SIDS Conference in Samoa.
Speaking ahead of his departure for the September 1 to 4 meeting, Stuart stated: “We need to be a part of the conversation in Samoa. We cannot stay at home. We must go and articulate our own case. We cannot afford to leave the putting of our case to others who may not put it as forcefully as we can.”

In an era where food security is paramount, there has to be a compromise in how land is used in this island.

Making it clear that competition will always exist between agriculture, housing and tourism for land, representative of the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) in Barbados, Ena Harvey, nevertheless emphasised that citizens must get back to the days of rearing livestock and growing vegetables and fruits.

KINGSTON, Jamaica--Minister of State in the Ministry of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Sharon Ffolkes-Abrahams says there must be a stronger effort to foster a culture of entrepreneurship among the youth, with particular emphasis on Information Communication Technology (ICT).

TWO pieces of information published over the last couple of days or so highlight the challenges that some Caribbean countries are facing when it comes to financing higher education.

In the climate of economic difficulties that these small islands continue to experience they are going to be hardpressed in finding adequate solutions to deal with the financing of education.