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dc.titleCaribbean Economics Quarterly: Volume 16, Issue 3: Small Havens, Big Opportunities: How Ready Is the Caribbean for the Digital Era?
dc.contributor.authorBeuermann, Diether
dc.contributor.authorMercer-Blackman, Valerie
dc.contributor.authorWong Silva, Gabriella Weng Sze
dc.contributor.authorAlladi, Vinayak
dc.contributor.authorSaboin, José Luis
dc.contributor.authorMazzocca, Angelo
dc.contributor.authorGraham, Monique
dc.contributor.authorHernaiz, Daniel
dc.contributor.authorMitchell, Travis Klaus
dc.contributor.authorHussain, Lisa
dc.contributor.authorGauto, Victor
dc.contributor.authorIvey, Wendel Garfield
dc.contributor.authorHyman, Jvaughn Andre
dc.contributor.authorCastilleja Vargas, Liliana
dc.contributor.authorSuliman, Naiema
dc.contributor.authorOkey, Onoh-Obasi
dc.contributor.authorSatnarine-Singh, Nirvana
dc.contributor.authorMahadeo, Aruna Anju
dc.contributor.orgunitCountry Department Caribbean Group
dc.coverageBahamas
dc.coverageBarbados
dc.coverageGuyana
dc.coverageJamaica
dc.coverageSuriname
dc.coverageTrinidad and Tobago
dc.coverageThe Caribbean
dc.date.available2026-10-30T00:10:00
dc.date.issue2026-10-30T00:10:00
dc.description.abstractHow 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.
dc.format.extent69
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0014584
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Caribbean-Economics-Quarterly-Volume-16-Issue-3-Small-Havens-Big-Opportunities-How-Ready-Is-the-Caribbean-for-the-Digital-Era.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectArtificial Intelligence
dc.subjectDigital Technology
dc.subjectInfrastructure Development
dc.subjectDigital Policy
dc.subjectInternet
dc.subjectDigital Transformation
dc.subjectDigital Health
dc.subjectEducation
dc.subjectInteroperability
dc.subject.jelcodeO33 - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences • Diffusion Processes
dc.subject.jelcodeO40 - Economic Growth and Aggregate Productivity: General
dc.subject.jelcodeO38 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeD24 - Production • Cost • Capital • Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity • Capacity
dc.subject.jelcodeH83 - Public Administration • Public Sector Accounting and Audits
dc.subject.jelcodeN7 - Transport, Trade, Energy, Technology, and Other Services
dc.subject.jelcodeH21 - Efficiency • Optimal Taxation
dc.subject.jelcodeL86 - Information and Internet Services • Computer Software
dc.subject.jelcodeG28 - Government Policy and Regulation
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.keywordsAI readiness;digital public infrastructure;data exchange;e-government;digital identification;digital nomads;digital payments;fintech;effective digital interventions.
dc.typeCatalogs and Brochures
idb.identifier.pubnumberIDB-CB-01264
idb.operationRG-P1866
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