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Head of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is confident the 15-member states and five associate members of the grouping can successfully navigate the economic fallout of the pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict. But the process will not be easy and no state can do it alone, CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett warned, even as she pledged secretariat support to aid in the economic turnaround. She said the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), although a work in progress, can play a critical role in these efforts because it offered infinite possibilities to drive regional economic growth, social mobility, prosperity and sustainable development. The regional administrator was speaking on the occasion of the 2 nd Distinguished Owen Arthur Memorial Lecture held on 5 September 2022 under the theme The Future of CARICOM: Charting a Vision for the Region’s Economic Advancement . The event was organised by The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill , the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services , and the Caribbean Development Bank . In her lecture subtitled “Making the CARICOM Single Market and Economy a Lived Reality Towards Building Sustainable Economic Development and Resilience” , Dr. Barnett focused on the challenges, opportunities and risks, related to the roadmap for the effective functioning of the CSME, that are confronting member states. She said the post-COVID economic woes have compounded prevailing risks and uncertainties confronting small states, and these threaten to erode the “Regional States Cannot Go It Alone"
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