Increasing people’s choices, allowing them to lead a long and healthy life; to be educated; to enjoy a decent standard of living; as well as political freedom and other guaranteed human rights and ingredients of self-respect, is the aim of human development. Building people’s capabilities is an important requirement for increasing their choices.[1]
It is within this context that the CARICOM Secretariat, particularly its Human Development programme, has been working with Member States, Community Institutions and a number of regional and international partners and community groups to design and implement policies, programmes and projects to reduce those specific human and social conditions, which prevent the... Read more