UNDP Caribbean Regional Human Development Report on Citizen Security

The increase in violent crime in the Caribbean has triggered UNDP offices in the region to focus attention to citizen security and its impact on human development. In response, UNDP will lead the preparation of a Human Development Report for the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean which will analyze the impact of insecurity and violence on human development. 

This study will be undertaken from 2010 – 2011 and is tentatively scheduled for publication in July 2011.  The lead author and researcher of the project, Dr. Anthony Harriot, and Dr. Randy Seepersad respectively are currently meeting with key stakeholders and sourcing primary and other relevant data as they seek to document the issue of citizens’ security in the context of the English and Dutch speaking Caribbean Countries as well as within the development context of Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS).

Participating countries and organizations in this project include Barbados and OECS, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the University of West Indies (UWI), CARICOM Secretariat, and CARICOM-Implementing Agency for Crime and Security (CARICOM IMPACS).  

The four UNDP offices collaborating on this initiative are Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago.  More information from UNDP on this project can be obtained through the UNDP Trinidad and Tobago Country Office. Please www.undp.org.tt for contact information.

UNDP already released a Human Development Report for Central America on Citizen Security. More information can be found here http://hdr.undp.org/en/reports/regionalreports/latinamericathecaribbean/irdhc-2009-2010-summary.pdf.

 

 

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