@misc{38537,
title = {Caribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 16, Issue 3: Small Havens, Big Opportunities: How Ready Is the Caribbean for the Digital Era?},
author = {Beuermann, Diether and Mercer-Blackman, Valerie and Wong Silva, Gabriella Weng Sze and Alladi, Vinayak and Saboin, José Luis and Mazzocca, Angelo and Graham, Monique and Hernaiz, Daniel and Mitchell, Travis Klaus and Hussain, Lisa and Gauto, Victor and Ivey, Wendel Garfield and Hyman, Jvaughn Andre and Castilleja Vargas, Liliana and Suliman, Naiema and Okey, Onoh-Obasi and Satnarine-Singh, Nirvana and Mahadeo, Aruna Anju},
year = {2026},
doi = {10.18235/0014584},
abstract = {How can the Caribbean harness digital progress to accelerate growth, improve public services, and unlock new opportunities? This edition of the Caribbean Economics Quarterly examines advances in connectivity, digital identification, payments, and secure data exchange across the IDB's six Caribbean member countries: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago. It assesses how smarter digital systems can strengthen health, education, government, trade, and investment, while underscoring that technology delivers lasting gains only when supported by strong institutions, digital skills, secure systems, and user-centered services. The report also explores how digital nomad programs could attract talent, investment, and longer-stay tourism visitors, helping to boost productivity and economic development. It features detailed country-level assessments of progress implementing digitization.},
url = {https://doi.org/10.18235/0014584}
}