THE STAR BUSINESSWEEK JANUARY 25, 2020
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ENABLING ECONOMIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Those in our communities who live with disabilities often find their voices are not properly heard, and accordingly their professional talents are not fully utilised in business and the workforce. Estimates vary across nations but the Latin American region collectively has some 85 million people who live with a disability. BY ED KENNEDY, STAR BUSINESSWEEK CORRESPONDENT Continued on page 4
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Is there a Future for the Caribbean’s Sugar Industry? The sugar industry is woven deeply within this region’s history of slavery. In more recent decades it has generated a new source of anxiety (albeit not to the same scope as the harrowing period of chains and forced labour), with predictions of its impending collapse and the resultant threat to the livelihood of many in the Caribbean family. Page 3
Caribbean Growth Prospects in 2020 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has released its outlook for the region’s growth in 2019, and what it can expect in 2020. Page 5
NCPD President Merphilus James (centre) alongside beneficiaries of the NCPD prosthetics programme. Photo taken during an organised event marking the International Day for Persons with Disabilities on December 10, 2019 (Photo courtesy NCPD)
Members of ECLAC gather to discuss the Preliminary Overview of the Economies of Latin America and the Caribbean 2019 report. (Photo courtesy ECLAC)