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Food security talks in Guyana
Georgetown—Around 80 participants from the Caribbean, including government, civil society, academia and private sector representatives, will meet in Georgetown June 19-21 to discuss and analyze implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security. Participants will explore the potential for implementing the guidelines at the regional…
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Agricultural sector seeks China aid
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados—Caribbean countries are looking to China to help develop their agricultural sector and are seeking to take advantage of a US$50 million fund established by Beijing. Caribbean agriculture ministers joined their counterparts from Latin America and China for two days of talks this week, and according to an official statement issued here, they have adopted a declaration in which…
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Regional governments advised: Control use of pesticides to ensure food safety
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – Caribbean governments must ensure food safety in the region is not compromised as they increase food production to meet growing consumer demands. So said Gregg Rawlins, the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) representative in T&T, as he stressed the need to monitor pesticide use in food production. Rawlins, addressing the formal opening of…
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Jamaica to benefit from Canadian investments
KINGSTON, Jamaica – JAMAICA and other Caribbean countries are to benefit from three new investments from Canada aimed at increasing private sector-led development and alleviating poverty in developing countries The announcement was made by Canada's Minister of International Cooperation Julian Fantino Tuesday during an address to the 19th annual Conférence de Montréal in Quebec. He said Canada is providing further…
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Fixed exchange rate won’t solve Ja’s problem – IMF representative
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Dr Gene Leon, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) senior resident representative to Jamaica, is arguing that discussions on whether Jamaica should go the way of a fixed exchange rate is misplaced. Leon, along with economists Dr Damieon King and Dr André Haughton, who were guests at a Gleaner Editors' Forum yesterday, said Jamaica needs to focus on…
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TRAPPED! IMF rep says without key policy changes, Jamaica will remain in economic rut
KINGSTON, Jamaica – The International Monetary Fund's (IMF) outgoing senior resident representative in Jamaica, Dr Gene Leon, has warned that whether the country can claw its way from under the mountain of debt it now faces will depend on the policies that are put in place. Leon, who was speaking at a Gleaner Editors' Forum at the newspaper's central Kingston…
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Hopes of G8 tax avoidance breakthrough fading fast as Bermuda refuses to sign up to new rules
An international deal to crack down on secretive tax havens is in jeopardy after the British Crown Territory of Bermuda refused to sign up to new transparency rules. Tax avoidance had been placed top of the agenda for the G8 summit of world leaders meeting next week in Northern Ireland, and David Cameron has called Britain’s 10 overseas territories and…
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Giving water — the gift of life in Haiti
CARREFOUR, Haiti — The water inspectors were negotiating with an irate homeowner over her illegal hookup when a neighbor signaled he wanted to talk. “I would like to know how I can get water access,” physician Cyprien Jean-Jonas said from inside his one-room clinic. Steps from Jean-Jonas’s front door was an underground well. And while many of his neighbors in…
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IMF predicts decline in economic growth for Haiti
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) says the yearly economic growth for Haiti in 2013 will be limited to 3.4 per cent and blamed a weak recovery of agricultural production for the situation. The Washington-based financial institution Wednesday said that one of its missions had ended a one week visit to Haiti to review the…
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Caribbean partners welcome ITC’s forthcoming regional value-chain development project
ITC's new programme for the Caribbean aims to facilitate the creation of regional value chains in priority sectors in order to boost the region’s competitiveness, according to ITC Director Friedrich von Kirchbach at the launch event of the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Regional Aid for Trade Strategy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI – The International Trade Centre’s (ITC) new programme for…
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