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The Caribbean faces numerous economic, social and environmental challenges, with current projections predicting the road ahead to be filled with low levels of growth, high debt and low resilience.

In Achieving a Resilient Future for Small States: Caribbean 2050, the contributors set out a long-term, research-based strategy for avoiding these projections, recommending a number of policy interventions aimed at building the region’s resilience and development prospects.

Written by influential analysts and researchers and drawing on a wide cross-section of regional stakeholders and thought leaders, the study contains an assessment of the main challenges and opportunities for the region, scenario modelling of where the region could be by 2050, and a broad vision for the region with sector specific goals of how to get there.

CONTENTS

Section One Context, Global Trends, the Caribbean’s Future and the ‘Road to 2050’

1. A Call to Action: the Caribbean We Want

2. The Caribbean Development Context: Past, Present and Future

3. The Caribbean 2050: Cone of Possibilities

4. The Road to 2050: The Caribbean We Want

Section Two Key Sectors for Catalysing Sustainable Development in the Caribbean

5. Energy: the Key to a Cleaner, More Prosperous Caribbean

6. Private Sector Development and Innovation: Towards a More Prosperous Caribbean

7. The Role of Youth in Accelerating Caribbean Development

8. Citizen Security: Achieving a Safe and Secure Caribbean

Achieving a Resilient Future for Small StatesCaribbean 2050

04-2016; 228 pp; Paperback; £65.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-146-0


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edited by Teddy Y Soobramanien and Laura Gosset

Developing countries, including as small states and least developed countries (LDCs), continue to face significant challenges within the global trading system. Action is required to allow them to overcome disadvantages and achieve sustainable levels of income from trade.

This study provides a fresh perspective on how measures can be taken to enhance the participation of small states, many of which are Commonwealth countries, in the multilateral trading system. It contributes to the ongoing general debate about reforming the World Trade Organization and global trade governance.

CONTENTS

1. Small States in the Multilateral Trading System: An Overview

2. Systemic Issues for the Commonwealth Small States in the Functioning of the WTO: Options and Proposals

3. Commonwealth Small States and Least-developed Countries in WTO Dispute Settlement

4. What Do Small and Poor Developing Countries Need from the Multilateral Trading System?

5. Building Trade Capacity of Small States: Strategic Approaches to Aid for Trade

6. Small States’ Services Trade: Enhancing Participation in the Multilateral Trading System and Beyond

Small States in the Multilateral Trading SystemOvercoming Barriers to Participation

10-2015; 167pp; Paperback; £60.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-139-2

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Fundamental changes are taking place in the global trade landscape, and the Commonwealth, with its diverse membership, is adapting to and coming to terms with these changes. This shifting landscape offers tremendous potential for Commonwealth countries to expand their trade – both between members and their overall trade. Although it is not a trading bloc, member countries can also take advantage of and leverage the Commonwealth for greater gains, while focusing on several broader priorities to improve their trade performance.

Commonwealth countries offer insightful perspectives on topical issues that can contribute to promoting the role of trade in development.

CONTENTS

This Commonwealth Trade Review addresses these issues in four parts:

Part 1 – The Commonwealth in a changing global trade landscape

Part 2 – Intra-Commonwealth trade: emerging dynamics and opportunities

Part 3 – Unleashing the trade potential: priorities for the Commonwealth

Part 4 – Perspectives on topical issues in trade

Commonwealth Trade Review 2015The Commonwealth in the Unfolding Global Trade Landscape

11-2015; 172 pp; Paperback; £60.00 ISBN 978-1-84929-145-3



This unique annual collection of key economic and statistical data on states with fewer than five million inhabitants is an essential reference for economists, planners and policy-makers. The Commonwealth’s definition of small states is those with a population of one and a half million or less. For comparison purposes this volume presents, where available, data on states with a population of up to five million.

The book contains 17 tables covering selected economic, social, demographic and Millennium Development Goal indicators culled from international and national sources and also presents information unavailable elsewhere. A detailed parallel commentary on trends in Commonwealth small states, looking at growth, employment, inflation, human development, and economic policy, permits a deeper understanding of underlying developments behind the figures.

The book also includes an article focusing on the reform of ODA and Post-2015 FFD in small states.

CONTENTS

Part I. Recent Trends in Commonwealth Small States

1. Economic and Social Development in Small States

1.1 Introduction

1.2 The global economic outlook

1.3 Economic growth in small states

1.4 Inflation

1.5 Unemployment

1.6 International trade

1.7 Competitiveness

1.8 Development aid

1.9 Remittances

1.10 Human and social development indicators

2. Country Analysis

2.1 African small states

2.2 Asia-Pacific small states

2.3 European small states

2.4 Caribbean small states

3. ODA and Development Financing in SIDS Post-2015

3.1 Summary

3.2 Introduction

3.3 DAC High-Level Committee decisions on post-2015 ODA reform

3.4 Development financing in SIDS and major OECD donor partners

3.5 The future of ODA in SIDS

3.6 Conclusions

Appendix 3.1 Elaborated definition of ‘concessionality’

Appendix 3.2 Donors’ spending plans

Appendix 3.3 Multilaterals’ spending plans

Part II. Social and Economic Data on Small States

Technical notes for tables

Table 1. Size of the economy

Table 2. Growth of the economy

Table 3. Economic activity

Table 4. Prices

Table 5. Private sector

Table 6. Public sector

Table 7. Trade

Table 8. Aid dependency

Table 9. Energy and environment

Table 10. Agriculture and forestry

Table 11. Poverty

Table 12. Health

Table 13. Education

Table 14. Gender

Table 15. Globalisation

Table 16. Governance

Table 17. Youth

Small States, Volume 18Economic Review and Statistics


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The Commonwealth Yearbook is the flagship annual publication of the Commonwealth Secretariat. It is the essential reference guide to the countries, organisations, activities and values of the modern Commonwealth.

CONTENTS

This special 2015 anniversary edition has been fully updated to include:

• Strategic directions of the association as it prepares for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting and Commonwealth People’s Forum 2015 in Malta

• Programmes and partnerships adding global value in the areas of politics (democracy and rights, rule of law, gender equality, youth empowerment); governance and natural resources; health and education; economics and trade; and resilience in small and vulnerable states

• Moments of Commonwealth history recorded by historians and Secretariat insiders of the time

• A guide to the essential Commonwealth communiqués and declarations including those from the 2013 Heads of Government meeting in Sri Lanka and Commonwealth Charter

• Comprehensive profiles of 53 member countries, including overseas territories

• An extensive statistics and reference section, and the official directory of Commonwealth professional, cultural and civil society development agencies.

The Commonwealth Yearbook 2015




Prioritising the Implementation of International Financial RegulationEconomic Paper 95

by John Armour and Daniel AweryThe global financial crisis of 2007–08 triggered a plethora of regulatory reforms under the auspices of international bodies such as the G20 and Financial Stability Board. Yet the implementation of these reforms remains a task for individual countries.

This paper presents a risk-based framework for implementing international financial regulation within national economies, in particular in small states. It shows how these countries can navigate the standard setting processes used by the relevant international bodies. It includes case studies to illustrate how the framework can be integrated with standard setting processes to improve outcomes for small states.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction

2. The Context2.1 The Surge in International Financial Regulation2.2 Small states and the agenda for international financial regulation2.3 Small states and the implementation of international financial regulation

3. Setting Priorities in Implementation3.1 Domestic financial regulation3.2 International financial regulation3.3 Developing an implementation agenda for small states

4. From Priorities to Implementation4.1 Which measures are concerned with mitigating systemic risk?4.2 Banking regulation4.3 Shadow banking

4.4 Market regulation4.5 Insurance regulation4.6 Identifying systemically important institutions4.7 Macro-prudential oversight4.8 Summary

5. Systemic Risk and the Structure of the Financial System5.1 South Africa5.2 Trinidad and Tobago5.3 Botswana5.4 Solomon Islands and Seychelles

6. Conclusion

Appendix A. Details of International Financial Regulatory OrganisationsAppendix B. Systemic Risk Questionnaire


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07-2015; 80pp; Paperback; £30.00ISBN 978-1-84929-140-8

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