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CARICOM Secretariat and CDB collaborate to launch Human Resource Development Commission
The CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean Development Bank have partnered to launch a Human Resource Development Strategy for the Region. The launch event was hosted on Thursday evening at the Caribbean Development Bank Conference Centre in Bridgetown Barbados. Main Speaker at the event: Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat, Dr. Douglas Slater The Human Resource Development Commission is tasked…
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IDB, CDB, CARICOM and the US Department of Energy Sign MOU to support renewable energy and energy efficiency in the Caribbean
Partnership will aid cleaner, cheaper, and more secure sources of energy for the Caribbean Region President Luis Alberto Moreno of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), President Warren Smith of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Secretary Ernest Moniz of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), and Secretary General Irwin LaRocque of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) signed a memorandum of understanding…
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CDB supports data revolution for Caribbean development
April 25, 2016, KINGSTON, Jamaica – National population and housing censuses provide data that could help countries in the Caribbean Region improve decision-making, accountability, and address development challenges such as inequalities in employment, education and wealth. As Caribbean nations answer the call for a global data revolution, they continue to tackle statistical capacity challenges. On Monday, April 18 representatives from…
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CDB launches US$30.9M sea, river defence project in Guyana
In Guyana, over 90% of the country’s population lives along the coastal area, much of which lies below sea level. As such, the country faces significant risk of flooding, and the construction and rehabilitation of drainage, irrigation and sea defense systems is a priority for the Government. On Wednesday April 13, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Government of…
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CDB provides funds for major education project in Suriname
Suriname, Apr 13, CMC – The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank is providing (US$21.9 million to Suriname to support the Dutch-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country’s programme of reform to improve the quality of and expand access to Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) at the lower secondary school level. The CDB said that through the Enhancement of Technical and Vocational Education…
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CDB Supports Drive For Better Data To Boost Caribbean Development
ST. MICHAEL (CDB) — In 2012, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved financing for a collaborative project with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The project involved enhancing the capacity of countries in the Region and the OECS Commission to compile and disseminate data on human development. The Implementation of DevInfo and Strengthening Capacity…
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Brazil joins the Caribbean Development Bank
The Federative Republic of Brazil is the newest member country of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), signalling that country’s commitment to sustainable development of the Region. This became effective on December 31, 2015, following a process that began with Brazil’s application to membership in 2007 and its acceptance by the CDB Board of Governors in 2008. Brazil is CDB’s 28th…
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CDB urges Regional governments to DECIDE
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has pointed to an urgent need for broad policy initiatives, including labour market reform and investment in developing the skills of potential workers to move Regional economies forward. In a presentation at the Bank’s Annual Review and Forecast titled, ‘Time to D.E.C.I.D.E,’ Director of Economics, Dr. Justin Ram said governments must aim to become Dynamic,…
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Caribbean economies in ‘recovery mode’ – CDB
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – The economies of Caribbean countries are in a “recovery mode” even though it is still operating in a “somewhat topsy-turvy external environment,” the president of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. William Warren Smith said Wednesday. Delivering the annual report on the current state of Caribbean economies, Smith said though he remains “guardedly optimistic about…
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CDB launches education sector reform project in Belize
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Thursday launched a programme that will build 35 new schools, benefitting 5,300 students at the pre-primary, primary and secondary education levels in Belize. The Belize Education Sector Reform Programme focuses on providing children across the country with equitable access to a quality basic education, with a goal of increasing enrolment in post-secondary and tertiary education. It…
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