The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) has launched a regional central bank digital currency in partnership with Caribbean fintech outfit Bitt. The ECCB, the main financial institution of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union, recently launched DCash, the digital version of the Eastern Caribbean dollar — the official currency of the eight countries in the union.
WASHINGTON DC, November 5, 2021 - The Government of Barbados is now elegible to receive SDR 17 million which is about US$24 million, from the International Monetary Fund following its 2021 Article IV Mission and Sixth Review of the Barbados economy from November 1-5, bringing the total disbursement under the Extended Fund Facility, to SDR 305 million.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 5, 2021 - Small island developing states are continuing to push for a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index, says Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley, as she underscored its importance to these countries.
GLASGOW, Scotland, November 5, 2021 - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has proposed a resilience-adjusted Gross National Income (GNI) measure for Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to access concessional finance.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, November 4, 2021 - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) today proposed its Recovery Duration Adjuster (RDA), a vulnerability and resilience framework, which better reflects the economic, social, and environmental conditions of small island developing states at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) now underway in the United Kingdom.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 23, 2021 - The United States has warned Cuba that it will impose yet another round of economic sanctions on top of the 243 new sanctions imposed by the Trump regime in tightening the US Blockade, if the promoters of the planned November 15 march in Cuba are prosecuted by the government.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 2021 - Former President David Granger has recommended the establishment of an Eastern Caribbean Economic Community, comprising Guyana, Barbados and Trinidad and Tobago, as a means of achieving a viable single market in the shortest time.
GEORGETOWN, Guyana, October 10, 2021 - Former Minister of Finance, Winston Jordan has given the Ali/Jagdeo administration a failing grade for mis-mamagement of the economy, pointing out that while the government is boasting Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of 14.5 percent in its 2021 Mid-Year Report, the country’s non-oil growth leaves a lot to be desired.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, October 8, 2021: The People’s National Party has congratulated Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley, on her election as President of the 15th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15).
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, October 5, 2021 - President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta, today officially handed over the “baton” for the presidency of the 15th Session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 15), to Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley.
