New perspectives on corporate social responsibiloty in the Caribbean

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Macroeconomic volatility and social vulnerability in Brazil: the Cardoso government (1995-2002) and perspectives

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Youth and social cohesion in Ibero-America: a model in the making. Summary

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Sustainable development: Latin American and Caribbean perspectives

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Labour markets, worker protection and lifelong learning in a global economy: experiences and perspectives of Latin America and the Caribbean

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Macroeconomic policies in times of crisis: options and perspectives

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Social health protection for the elderly in the English-speaking Caribbean

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Promoting corporate social responsibility in small and medium enterprises in the Caribbean: survey results

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Cambio y oportunidad: la responsabilidad social corporativa como fuente de competitividad en pequeñas y medianas empresas en América Latina y el Caribe

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Change and opportunity: corporate social responsibility as a source of competitiveness in small and medium enterprises in Latin America and the Caribbean

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The institutionality of gender in the State: new analytical perspectives

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Central American Isthmus: economic evolution during 2005 and perspectives for 2006 (final evaluation)

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Development of a modelling framework in support of an assessment of the economic and social impacts of climate change in the Caribbean: the ECLAC – CIAM Model

The Caribbean region remains highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to assess the social and economic consequences of climate change for the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean( ECLAC) has developed a model for this purpose. The model is referred to as the Climate Impact Assessment Model (ECLAC-CIAM) and is a tool that can simultaneously assess multiple sectoral climate impacts specific to the Caribbean as a whole and for individual countries. To achieve this goal, an Integrated Assessment Model (IAM) with a Computable General Equilibrium Core was developed comprising of three modules to be executed sequentially. The first of these modules defines the type and magnitude of economic shocks on the basis of a climate change scenario, the second module is a global Computable General Equilibrium model with a special regional and industrial classification and the third module processes the output of the CGE model to get more disaggregated results. The model has the potential to produce several economic estimates but the current default results include percentage change in real national income for individual Caribbean states which provides a simple measure of welfare impacts. With some modifications, the model can also be used to consider the effects of single sectoral shocks such as (Land, Labour, Capital and Tourism) on the percentage change in real national income. Ultimately, the model is envisioned as an evolving tool for assessing the impact of climate change in the Caribbean and as a guide to policy responses with respect to adaptation strategies.