Selected Publications on Harnessing AI in the Caribbean
Publication date: 2024
In the current era of technological advancements, artificial intelligence (AI) stands out as a transformative force impacting health, education, public policies, and sustainability. "AI and the SDGs in Latin America and the Caribbean" explores how AI can be crucial for sustainable development, showcasing case studies and its strategic application in key sectors to address urgent challenges. This work highlights the opportunities and ethical challenges of AI. The collaboration between CAF and Microsoft drives digital transformation in the region to enhance quality of life, promote efficient and innovative governance, and tackle the challenges and opportunities of the digital age.
Publication date: 2024
The overall objective of the expert group meeting was to review the findings of the draft study entitled “Caribbean artificial intelligence readiness: an exploratory review”, by presenting an overview of the study and its methodology and inviting feedback from experts, including Caribbean policymakers and regulators.
Publication date: 2024
In today’s interconnected world, the imperative for socioeconomic development through digital transformation is clear. The School of Digital Transformation and Innovation for the Caribbean recognizes the unique challenges and opportunities faced by Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in the region, especially given their convergence of debt, cost-of-living, and climate crises. The School aims to foster innovation in the Caribbean by addressing issues such as inadequate telecommunications infrastructure, susceptibility to natural disasters, financial constraints, and data-centric models. Bridging these gaps is essential for successful digital transformation, enabling the Caribbean to harness emerging technologies for economic growth. Critical analyses of global digital transformation trends and their implications for sustainable Caribbean development will be a key focus.
Publication date: December 2023
Artificial Intelligence offers extraordinary opportunities for accelerating human progress across a range of fields from healthcare and education, to combating climate change and disasters. This issue of FOCUS magazine discusses the potential impact of AI on the Caribbean, and avenues to develop tailored AI policies, governance systems, and to engage with AI issues at the international level.
Publication date: 2022
The rapid advance of digital technologies and their increasingly cross-cutting applications have driven global transformations that are affecting the entire economy and all of society. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic marked a turning point in terms of how widely digital solutions are used, as they became vital tools for maintaining social and productive activities under the restrictions on face-to-face activities and movement put in place during the health emergency. Today, digitalization is seen as a key instrument for the transition to a new, more inclusive and sustainable development model. However, the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean still face a series of structural challenges that prevent effective adoption of digital technologies. Progress towards an inclusive and sustainable digital transformation requires a number of measures and actions, which are addressed in this document.
Publication date: 2022
Science, innovation, knowledge and digital technologies have played a fundamental role in the growth potential, social inclusion and environmental sustainability of countries in recent decades, and have become even more important in the context of the crisis caused by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. While Latin American and Caribbean countries have adopted various measures — many of them based on access to technology — to tackle the effects of the pandemic, the region’s structural challenges have become more pronounced, and the need for more comprehensive, complex, participatory and capable innovations systems more evident. This document identifies the areas where efforts should be focused to make progress towards new, more inclusive and sustainable development strategies in which science, technology and innovation are key players for a transformative recovery.
Last updated: 19 December 2024