Regional Comparative Report: Survey of Individuals Deprived of Liberty: Caribbean (2016-2019): The Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago
Sep 2020
Author(s): Center for Latin American Studies on Insecurity and Violence;Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero;Bergman, Marcelo;Seepersad, Randy;Safranoff, Ana;Cafferata, Fernando G.
This report presents new systematic data on the characteristics of inmates in prisons in six Caribbean countries, the factors which may have led to their incarceration, the conditions within the…
COVID-19 and Police Agency Operations in Latin America and the Caribbean
Jun 2020
Author(s): Alvarado, Nathalie;Sutton, Heather;Laborda, Leopoldo
This study analyzes how the COVID-19 crisis is generating changes in police work and assesses its potential impact on the effectiveness and legitimacy of police forces in Latin America and the…
COVID-19 y la actuación de las agencias policiales de América Latina y el Caribe
Jun 2020
Author(s): Alvarado, Nathalie;Sutton, Heather;Laborda, Leopoldo
Este estudio analiza cómo la crisis del COVID-19 está generando cambios en el trabajo policial y evalúa su efecto en la efectividad y legitimidad de las policías de la región. Mediante una encuesta…
Wait No More: Citizens, Red Tape, and Digital Government: Caribbean Edition
Dec 2019
Author(s): Roseth, Benjamin;Reyes, Angela
This report illustrates how Caribbean countries experience the smallest unit of public policy: the government transaction. Government transactions--requesting a birth certificate, registering a…
Building State Capacity in the Caribbean: A Baseline Report of the Civil Service
Nov 2018
Author(s): Lafuente, Mariano;Molina, Evelyn
The potential of public policies and the services provided by any State are closely linked to the quality of its civil service. The ways in which the civil service is managed—in other words, the…
Building State Capacity in the Caribbean: The State of the Civil Service in Guyana
Nov 2018
Author(s): Underwood, Joan H.
The potential of public policies and the services provided by any State are closely linked to the quality of its civil service. The ways in which the civil service is managed—in other words, the…
Auditoría de desempeño para una mejor gestión pública en América Latina y el Caribe
Jun 2018
Author(s): Jarquín, María José;Molina, Evelyn;Roseth, Benjamin
La Auditoría de Desempeño es una de las áreas más importantes de la evolución de las Entidades Fiscalizadoras Superiores de América Latina y el Caribe en las últimas dos décadas. A partir de la…
Climate Change and the Caribbean: Areas of Intervention: Financing for the Caribbean Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Unit (ECC), Infrastructure and Environment Department (INE)
Feb 2011
Author(s): Alleng, Gerard
This presentation discusses the cost of impacts of climate change on the Caribbean. The response of adaptation will need to be applied towards an integral strategy to build on disaster risk…
Inventario de los registros civiles e identificación de América Latina y el Caribe
Sep 2010
Author(s): Harbitz, Mia Elisabeth;Benítez Molina, Juan Carlos;Arcos Axt, Iván
El objeto del presente documento es describir de forma breve las principales características del registro civil y la situación de identificación en los países miembros del Banco Interamericano de…
Executive Profile of Environmental Management: Caribbean Sub-region
Apr 2002
Author(s): Tyler, Seth D.
This documents was prepared for the Inter-American Development Bank Regional Policy Dialogue. It analyzes the Caribbean sub-region integrated by The Bahamas, Barbados, Dominican Republic, Guyana,…