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About the Caribbean Human Development Report 2012

  

The central idea of the Caribbean Human Development Report (CHDR) 2012 is the need for Caribbean countries to complete the shift from the traditional concept of security - state security, to a broader, multi-dimensional concept that focuses on individual safety and well-being - citizens’ security (see Figure 1).
  

  

The UNDP’s approach to compiling this report is a democratic, people-centered approach. The approach is data driven and recognizes the transnational nature of security issues.

 

Objectives of the CHDR:

 

To examine how insecurity and violence have negative impacts on human development

 

  Provide policy and other  recommendations to participating
countries

 

Initiate a participatory process and platform for influencing policy



Inputs for the CHDR:

National consultations with key stakeholders

 

Primary data from national victimization surveys

 

Secondary data from local and international academics

 

Examination of best practices regionally and internationally

Figure 1. The relationship between Human Development, Human Security and Citizen Security.
Source: UNDP HDR Presentation 2010.

Participating Countries are:

Antigua and Barbuda

Barbados

Guyana

Jamaica

St. Lucia

Suriname

Trinidad and Tobago

Participating Organizations:

University of the West Indies (UWI)

CARICOM Secretariat

CARICOM IMPAC

OECS Secretariat

National Stakeholders

 

Issues to be addressed in the CHDR:

1. Trends - Patterns of victimization particularly gender patterns and the victimization of vulnerable groups

2. Youth violence

3. Organized crime and gangs 

4. Risk Factors and Determinants

5. Fear of crime

6. Policy orientation of Caribbean populations

7. State Policies 

8. The Police, Prosecution, Corrections & Courts

9. Identification of best practices in the region

 

 

  


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