Colleagues, the need to produce timely, quality statistics remains critical. At the Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference, we endorsed the "Action Plan for Statistics in the Caribbean." Our decision-making and the pursuit of policy at the national and regional levels cannot be ad-hoc; it must be Colleague Heads will soon be appraised of progress towards the formulation of the Regional Strategy for Statistics Development. During my Chairmanship, and echoing some of my advancements as a Board member of Paris21, our Community should aim at several key achievements, including: (1) a comprehensive quantitative assessment of trade performance under the CSME, and (2) the strengthening of the “Statistics Division” of the CARICOM Secretariat, to better equip our Region to carry out the heavy lifting required in respect of evolving demands.
Colleagues, the need to produce timely, quality statistics remains critical. At the Thirty-Seventh Regular Meeting of the Conference, we endorsed the "Action Plan for Statistics in the Caribbean." Our decision-making and the pursuit of policy at the national and regional levels cannot be ad-hoc; it must be Colleague Heads will soon be appraised of progress towards the formulation of the Regional Strategy for Statistics Development. During my Chairmanship, and echoing some of my advancements as a Board member of Paris21, our Community should aim at several key achievements, including: (1) a comprehensive quantitative assessment of trade performance under the CSME, and (2) the strengthening of the “Statistics Division” of the CARICOM Secretariat, to better equip our Region to carry out the heavy lifting required in respect of evolving demands.
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