SOCIAL SECTOR INVESTMENT PROGRAMME
2
SUSTAINING GROWTH, SECURING PROSPERITY
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1:
INTRODUCTION
10
CHAPTER 2:
THE CARIBBEAN SOCIALSITUATION
14
2.1 REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
14
2.2 REGIONAL INTEGRATION
15
2.3 REGIONAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
16
1. P
OVERTY
R
EDUCTION
16
2. E
MPLOYMENT
AND
S
OCIAL
P
ROTECTION
17
3. H
EALTH
I
SSUES
I
NCLUDING
HIV/AIDS
18
4. E
DUCATION
18
5. N
ATURAL
D
ISASTERS
AND
C
LIMATE
C
HANGE
19
6. C
RIME
AND
S
ECURITY
20
7. S
OCIAL
P
OLICY
D
EVELOPMENT
21
2.4 REGIONAL DIALOGUE AND
CONFERENCES
22
1. E
NERGY
22
2. I
NNOVATION
22
3. H
UMAN
R
IGHTS
22
4. CARICOM
23
2.5 OUTLOOK FOR 2014
23
CHAPTER 3:
THE NATIONAL SOCIAL SITUATION
26
3.1 INTRODUCTION
26
3.2 CRIME AND LAWAND ORDER
27
1. E
NHANCING
L
AW
E
NFORCEMENT
28
2. C
OMMUNITY
AND
Y
OUTH
-B
ASED
A
CTIVITIES
29
3. S
UPPORT
TO
M
EDIATION
S
ERVICES
32
4. R
EFORM OF
J
USTICE
32
5. L
EGISLATIVE
A
GENDA
FOR
THE
S
OCIAL
S
ECTOR
34
3.3 AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
35
1. A
GRICULTURAL
P
RODUCTION
,
D
ISTRIBUTION
AND
ACCESS
36
2. C
ONSUMPTION OF
H
EALTHY
L
OCALLY
P
RODUCED
F
OOD
37
3. L
INKAGES WITH
A
GRICULTURE
AND
OTHER
P
RODUCTIVE
S
ECTORS
38
4. A
GRICULTURAL
L
ABOUR
38
5. Y
OUTH
P
ARTICIPATION
IN
THE
A
GRICULTURE
S
ECTOR
39
6. L
EGISLATION
AND
S
UB
-S
ECTORS
39
3.4 HEALTH CARE SERVICES
AND HOSPITALS
40
1. H
EALTH
C
ARE
, W
ELLNESS
AND
L
IFESTYLES
40
2. S
PORT
AND
R
ECREATION
44
3.5 ECONOMIC GROWTH, JOB CREATION,
COMPETITIVENESS & INNOVATION
46
1. L
ABOUR
, J
OB
C
REATION
AND
M
ICRO
-E
NTERPRISE
47
2. S
TRENGTHENING OF
L
ABOUR
M
ARKET
I
NFORMATION
49
3. C
ULTURE
49
3.6 POVERTY REDUCTION
& HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT
51
1. P
OVERTY
R
EDUCTION
51
2. A
DDRESSING
N
EEDS OF
V
ULNERABLE
AND
E
XCLUDED
G
ROUPS
54
3. C
OMMUNITY
D
EVELOPMENT
58
4. A
CCESS
TO
Q
UALITY HOUSING
60
5. H
UMAN
C
APITAL
D
EVELOPMENT
62
3.7 PEOPLE-CENTRED DEVELOPMENT
67
