CHALLENGES IN MEETING THE MONITORING REQUIREMENTS OF THE MDGs: AN EXAMINATION OF SELECTED SOCIAL STATISTICS FOR FOUR CARIBBEAN SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPMENT STATES

Statistical Databases and a Methodological Approach for a Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) for Small Island Developing States”. The project is funded by the Government of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. iThe Econom ic Com m ission for Latin Am erica and the C aribbean (ECLAC) Subregional H eadquarte rs for the C aribbean and secre taria t to the C aribbean Developm ent and Cooperation Com m ittee (CDCC) is p leased to m ake available to policy m akers, s ta tis tic ian s and researchers th is, the th ird docum ent of social s ta tis tic s, en titled: Challenges in m eeting the m onitoring requ irem en ts of the M illennium Developm ent Goals (MDGs): An exam ination of selected social s ta tis tic s for four C aribbean Sm all Island Developing S ta tes (SIDS). T hrough the MDGs, governm ents in a ttendance a t the fifty-fifth Session of the G eneral Assem bly reaffirm ed the ir com m itm ent to w orking tow ards a world in w hich su sta in in g developm ent and elim inating poverty would have the h ighest priority. It is the m andate of the regional com m issions to a ss is t governm ents in the fulfilm ent of these developm ent goals. This docum ent is no