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Public sector reform in both Latin American and Caribbean countries has become a high priority for governments in their search for a new role for the state. Common principles have included the objective to privatize, or contract out services or responsabilities where the private sector has a comparative advantage, while at the same time improving government efficiency in areas that are considered core government functions at different levels of government. (DSE/DÜI)

ABSTRACT: Objectives: To provide a strategic framework for the utilization of under developed rural land with the intent of enhancing the economy, creating work opportunities, and strengthening the general wellbeing of the population. The goal is to provide a community infrastructure that allows for equal access to resources and opportunities for each citizen. Methodology: The development of a master plan for the community of Gressier Haiti, a coastal town near the capitol Portau- Prince. La Ville du Bien-íŠtre Collectif is distinctive in the way it responds to the community development goals of the Haitian government in a single unified plan. The plan's transformative approach is designed to overcome the extensive economic and social problems of the country. The organizing principles are founded on reconstructing the economy, re-growing the middle class, stabilizing the physical context, and reducing the impact of natural disasters. The primary economic driver of the community is the defining of an educational and commercial center focused on value-added agriculture. A vocational college is at the core of the center with a social agenda to educate a new generation of agro-entrepreneurs in techniques leading to improved crop production through sustainable practices. Achieved outcomes: The master plan is organized around a compact center surrounded by residential neighborhoods and a buffer of green agricultural fields. The neighborhoods, oriented towards middle-income inhabitants, are developed at a pedestrian scale and each have a social communal core. The entire community responds to the natural environmental conditions and is supported by sustainable practices which promote selfsufficiency. The master plan presents successful strategies to expand the middle class in the current socioeconomic conditions of Haiti. It is capable of adaptation to other sites and has the potential to be transferred as an innovative planning technique throughout the Caribbean. KEYWORDS: sustainable, community, prototype, reconstruct, re-grow

The Caribbean Disaster Risk Financing (DRF) framework of the World Bank has been collaboratively designed in partnerships with Caribbean Governments and local and international stakeholders. The framework helps consolidate and preserve physical disaster risk reduction measures in countries by limiting the residual fiscal impacts, caused by the materialization of public contingent liabilities in the wake of a disaster. Most Caribbean countries show strong volatilities in their budgets in the wake of disasters or during a health crisis such as the current Covid-19 pandemic. Their economies have historically lacked enough diversity to be flexible in adapting to rapid and, in some cases, relatively frequent economic shocks caused by disasters. A comprehensive DRF strategy helps alleviate the financial burden of disaster response and, ultimately, ensure the sustainability of public finances.

Global priorities for research in neglected infectious diseases (NIDs) can be assessed in different ways, but it is important to realize that regional priorities may significantly differ one from another. The region of Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is—along with Africa and Asia—more affected by NIDs than other regions of the world. Some of the Latin American NIDs are common to other continents, while others are very specific or disproportionately affect the Latin American region [1– 3] (Table 1). Because of its huge ecological diversity, ongoing environmental changes, and massive migrations, LAC is also a catalyst for the (re-)emergence and spreading of NIDs, both inside and outside the subcontinent. Following a colloquium on NIDs in LAC held in Lima, Peru, between 12 and 14 November 2009, a thematic workshop was organized with the support of the European Commission (EC). It involved 29 scientists (16 from the Americas, two from the Democratic Republic of Congo and India, respectively, and nine from Europe) working on different NIDs and representing several research areas from basic to applied. This report summarizes the consensus comments of the expert group after oral and written consultation. It is envisaged that this document should stimulate a debate within the scientific community and serve as a recommendation for future actions by international or regional funding agencies in the area of NIDs in LAC. (Párrafo extraído del texto a modo de resumen) ; Facultad de Ciencias Médicas

This article explores the central role of Africanisms in Africans' revolts against enslavement in Haiti and Jamaica. There is an investigation on the memories of Africa that motivated the military leaders and the African masses in their insurrections or wars against their European enslavers in these countries. Hence, there is an investigation of Africanisms such as knowledge of governance and political organization, military training, code of military conduct, African cosmologies, knowledge on the decentralization of power, among other African derived values and beliefs that were learnt in Africa. These Africanisms informed the military and other modes of resistance against European colonizers. There is also attention to traditional African spirituality. Evidence is presented on the influences of spiritual beliefs and practices on military incursions during the enslavement era and in post-emancipation culture. There is a discussion on Vodun, Legba, Kafou, Eshu, Obeah, and Anansi. There is an analysis of the factors that accounted for military success or failure in the enslaved Africans' military wars or revolts against European enslavers in the countries being discussed. The current modes of resistance in post-emancipation are also addressed.

Colombia is setting a national renewable energy target providing a clear indication of the level of renewable energy development and the timeline envisioned by 2020 with almost the 7% of the energy production excluding large hydropower plants shall be generated from wind energy. Wind potential of Colombia is outstanding. The Northern Caribbean region of the country alone has almost 20.000 MW of capacity (Huertas L., 2007). The real wind energy potential of all Colombia´s regions has to be defined yet. For this reason, this study is a useful start to generate research findings to uncover suitable sites for developing wind energy. Additionally, the current energy access in Colombia and Latin America is described to illustrate the need for promoting the wind power penetration in the country and the continent. This thesis provides a more precise and differentiated assessment for an onshore wind energy farm in the Northern Caribbean region of Colombia selecting study areas of three Colombian's departments (Atlantic, Magdalena and La Guajira). Wind energy potential assessment integrates socio-political, environmental and techno-economic criterion in a geographic information system (GIS) combining with a multi criteria decision making (MCDM) with its analytical hierarchy process approach. The suitability model developed in this thesis generated a pre-assessment tool with a ready visual access to the onshore wind energy potential of the selected study area for investors, politicians, developers, researchers, students, and the public. It will be useful for a pre-assessment site selection of a utility-scale and largely distributed wind energy. Likewise, the framework developed in this thesis successfully identified areas suitable for wind energy development based on a thorough set of seven criteria, including topography, wind power capacity, land use, proximity to the community, electricity grid access and natural reserve. The figure "Executive Summary 1" below shows the wind energy suitability of the study areas. The ...

This handbook is a reference for those who intent to introduce practices in order to reduce and prevent crime. It uses experience from the developing word, especially from the Caribbean and Southern Africa and takes into account the work that has been done on the South-South exchange programme since 2004. It is a very useful tool to know why crime takes place, what kind of programme for crime prevention works depending on the context, what information is needed as well as what are the ways to build capacity for effective crime prevention.