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For the Recovery and a Transformation Towards Sustainable Economies and Inclusive Societies, Active Macroeconomic Policies Must be Maintained and Deepened

October 7, 2020

ECLAC launched its Economic Survey of Latin America and the Caribbean 2020, an annual report in which it reaffirms that international cooperation, through better distribution of global liquidity, must underpin the expansion of policy space in the region. (October 6, 2020) It will be essential to maintain and deepen active macroeconomic policies to achieve recovery and […]

How Caribbean Banking Can Help Shape The Region Post-Pandemic

October 1, 2020

Castries, Saint Lucia Wednesday, September 30th 2020: As part of its series of activities in promotion of financial literacy and financial inclusion, the Caribbean Association of Banks (CAB) Inc. sat with economist Jeremy Stephen to discuss how banks have been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, how institutions across the region have responded, and what sort […]

CDB President Calls for Enabling the Private Sector, Diversifying the Economies and Completing Regional Integration to Advance the Standard of Living in the Caribbean

September 30, 2020

The President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Dr. Wm Warren Smith, stressed at today’s 50thAnnual Meeting of the Bank’s Board of Governors that in the small Caribbean economies with no reserve currencies, sustainable advances in standards of living must be driven by export expansion. “A diversified production structure helps to build economic resilience, making economies […]

Digicel Group – Board Announcement

September 30, 2020

Kingston, Jamaica – Wednesday 30 September 2020. Leslie Buckley, Vice-Chairman, Digicel Group, is to retire from the Board on 1st October 2020. Mr Buckley, who will be 76 later this year, has informed the Board of his decision and will now focus his time on his various business and family interests in Ireland. He will remain as […]

Sandals Commends American Airlines on Preflight Testing

September 30, 2020

Says it will provide a major boost to regional travel and tourism The move by American Airlines to introduce preflight testing for passengers travelling to Jamaica, the Bahamas and eventually the rest of CARICOM is a game-changer and can provide a major boost to help revive the region’s travel and tourism sector. This bold new […]

Sustainable Development Movement Summit Opens Doors for Caribbean Entrepreneurs

September 30, 2020

Entrepreneurs, business leaders, senior government officials, members of civil society and other influencers from the Caribbean, and around the world, assembled in their numbers to attend the virtual OECS Republic Bank Sustainable Development Movement (SDM) 2020 Summit from September 23-24, 2020. At the Summit’s opening ceremony, Dr. Didacus Jules, Director General, OECS, captured the spirit […]

Regional Spotlight Programme Launched to Help Eliminate Violence Against Women and Girls

September 29, 2020

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Monday, 28 Sept. 2020) – Actions to prevent and eliminate violence against women are being strengthened by the Caribbean Community and partners with a newly launched programme called the Spotlight Initiative Regional Programme Caribbean. The programme is so named as it is intended to bring focused attention to this […]

Technological Revolution Accelerated by Coronavirus Crisis in Latin America and the Caribbean

September 29, 2020

WASHINGTON, September 28, 2020 – Latin America and the Caribbean is in the midst of a “Fourth Industrial Revolution” of technological innovation which requires enhancing the productivity of the services sector, investing in human capital and rethinking labor regulations and social protection policies, according to a new World Bank report. These policy priorities have become all […]

Ministers of Health of the Americas will Meet Virtually in PAHO’s Directing Council to Address Health Priorities

September 28, 2020

Health authorities will discuss the region’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and other challenges on Sept.28-29. Colombia’s President Ivan Duque and Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley are among the officials scheduled to open the virtual event. Ministers of Health and other senior authorities from countries and territories will meet virtually from September 28-29, 2020 to […]

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