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dc.titleCaribbean Region Quarterly Bulletin: Volume 5: Issue 1: March 2016
dc.contributor.authorGodinez Puig, Luisa
dc.contributor.authorSutton, Heather
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Cherran
dc.contributor.authorThomas, Chrystol
dc.contributor.authorWenner, Mark D.
dc.contributor.authorSchmid, Juan Pedro
dc.contributor.authorKhadan, Jeetendra
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2016-03-17T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-03-16T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractCrime strongly affects persons in the Caribbean. In a recent survey, 40 percent of the Caribbean population identified crime and security-related issues as the main problems facing their country, even above poverty, the economy or inequality. The priority of crime is striking considering the challenging economic situation that the world economy, and the Caribbean in particular, are facing. Crime is as complex as it can be damaging for the well-being of persons. While we have a good understanding of general triggers for crimes, it remains difficult to design, implement and evaluate country-specific crime and violence prevention programs. A major problem in this respect is the lack of comparable, detailed data, including for some countries in the Caribbean. The IDB has supported data generation in the region using victimization surveys for individuals and businesses, which are presented in this quarterly bulletin. As usual, the quarterly bulletin also gives an overview of recent economic developments in the 6 IDB-member Caribbean countries, as well as the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The countries are: The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago.
dc.format.extent49
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0008114
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Region-Quarterly-Bulletin-Volume-5-Issue-1-March-2016.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectCrime Rate
dc.subjectCrime Prevention
dc.subjectVictim of Violence
dc.subjectPublic Debt
dc.subjectPublic Expenditure
dc.subjectFiscal Deficit
dc.subjectEconomic Development
dc.subject.jelcodeF - International Economics
dc.subject.jelcodeH - Public Economics
dc.subject.jelcodeO - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
dc.subject.keywordsCaribbean;Crime in the Caribbean;Economic Outlook
dc.typeMagazines, Journals and Newsletters
idb.identifier.pubnumberMagazines, Journals & Newsletters
idb.operationRG-P1607
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