BRIDGETOWN, Barbados June 24, 2021 - , Minister in the Ministry Economic Affairs and Investment, Marsha Caddle, believes the tourism sector has already begun to undergo diversification, and there is scope for more, as well as for better linkages with sectors like agriculture for stronger job-led growth.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 24, 2021 - A frank conversation on the world’s capacity to respond to COVID-19, particularly the global norms of public finance and how to measure an economy’s health, is needed.
HAVANA, Cuba, June 23, 2021 - The government of Cuba says the fierce financial persecution the island has suffered as a result of the U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade, has led to a decision by the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) to announce the temporary suspension of cash deposits of U.S. dollars in the country’s bank branches.
Caribbean Development Bank Press Release) A high-level panel of government and business leaders will explore the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Caribbean in the opening seminar of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) 51st Annual Meeting. They will also examine policy imperatives for recovering from the impacts and the keys to building a Caribbean Region that is far more resilient to external shocks.
The Government of Venezuelan said Thursday that it has been unable to complete a payment for COVID-19 vaccines purchased through the COVAX facility, as the Union Bank of Switzerland (UBS) prevented it from transferring money to pay for the vaccines.
KINGSTON, Jamica, June 7, 2021 - Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling on the international community to assist the region in bridging gaps within the SDGs as small developing nations recover from Covid-19.
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, June 4, 2021 - Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley has repeated her call for agreement on a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index to replace the historic per capita income criteria.
WASHINGTON DC, May 20, 2021 - “Industry has a fundamental role to play in driving the green economy and charting the way towards a carbon neutral and sustainable future, on which our very existence depends.”
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2021 — The World Bank’s Migration Brief says despite the fact that COVID-19 remittance flows remained resilient in 2020 by registering a smaller decline than previously projected, remittance flows to Latin America and the Caribbean grew an estimated 6.5 percent to $103 billion in 2020.
KINGSTON, Jamaica May 12, 2021 - As the government of Cuba continues its campaign in the United Nations against the sixty year old economic blockade imposed by the United States against that country, Cuba says the blockade has caused losses to Cuba by an estimated USD 5,570,300,000, from April 2019 to March 2020.
