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Barbados Today Dr. Hyginus Gene Leon today took office as President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), becoming the sixth chief executive of the regional multilateral institution. The seasoned economist will lead a team of more than 200 employees headquartered in Bridgetown, Barbados. He comes to the assignment with 35 years of experience in economics, financial policy development and executive management, more than 20 of which were spent working with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).  He succeeds Dr. W m. Warren Smith who retired on April 30 after serving as President for 10 yea...

Date Time Share ECLAC’s Associate Member Countries Call for Cooperation and Support towards a Resilient COVID-19 Recovery and Readvancing 2030 Agenda The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021. Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and su...

48 SANTIAGO, Chile — Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-level meeting with Alicia Bárcena, the Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and the Chair of the Commission, Costa Rica. United Nations’ Resident Coordinators and intergovernmental organizations serving the Caribbean also participated. Welcoming the Associate Mem...

Published: 15 March 2021 The “High-level meeting on the challenges faced by Associate Members of ECLAC in the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development” was held ahead of the fourth meeting of the Forum of the Countries of Latin America and the Caribbean on Sustainable Development 2021. (March 15, 2021) Premiers and senior government officials from the Caribbean’s non-independent territories have called for sustained cooperation in advancing resilient and sustainable development and identifying common responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, during a high-leve...

Blue economy innovators to get startup funds, technical help Article by February 26, 2021 Innovative entrepreneurs in the blue economy are to get the chance to start up their projects under a new initiative – the Blue Economy Innovation Challenge – that will give them up to $320,000 (US$160,000) in grant funding. The challenge was announced on Thursday by Compete Caribbean, a partnership of the Inter-American Development Bank, the British and Canadian foreign aid agencies and the Caribbean Development Bank. Compete Caribbean’s executive director, Dr Sylvia Dohnert sa...