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The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda

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This paper will contend that the post-2015 development agenda presents a major opportunity for Caribbean countries to reverse decades of lagging economic performance and make the transition to balanced, holistic, and people-centred growth and development. The MDGs, while valuable in promoting gains in poverty reduction, health, education, nutrition, and maternal well-being were not tailored to the growth and development needs of the region. This can now be changed by a post-2015 development agenda which goes beyond improving the welfare of citizens by meeting basic needs and enhancing access to primary services. The necessary scaling-up of the MDG framework will require that the sustainable development goals, which will anchor the post- 2015 development agenda, are capable of promoting structural change, competitiveness and output gains while advancing social development and meeting environmental concerns. They must also address the unfinished business of the millennium development goals, primarily in the area of human development.

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  • Smith, Ransford, 2015. "The Caribbean and the post-2015 development agenda," Studies and Perspectives – ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for The Caribbean 39286, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL).
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    1. Nigel O. M. Brissett, 2018. "Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Caribbean: Unrealizable promises?," Progress in Development Studies, , vol. 18(1), pages 18-35, January.
    2. -, 2017. "Subregional Action Plan for the implementation of the New Urban Agenda in the Caribbean: Prioritizing subregional challenges and opportunities 2016-2036," Libros y Documentos Institucionales, Naciones Unidas Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), number 42147 edited by Eclac.

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