Caribbean countries are being called to produce and harmonise their data collection to more effectively track national progress, reduce poverty and feed into global sustainable development goals.
“We need to harmonise internationally – organisations like the Caribbean Development Bank, the United Nations Development Programme and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) – need to come together and produce data in a harmonised way,” said Francis Jones, a Statistician with the UN ECLAC.
Jones was a panellist at a symposium put on by the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Basic Needs Trust Fund (BNTF) in partnership with the UN ECLAC, KoboToolbox, the World Bank (WB) through its GEMS (Geo-Enabling Initiative for Monitoring and Supervision) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on October 17, 2025.
