January 30, 2026 Hundreds of stakeholders in the agriculture sector in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are participating in a six-week course aimed at building capacity in crop protection. The…
Category: CARIBBEAN BUSINESS AND FINANCE
Trinidad’s wages can’t cover basic needs
By: Staff Writer January 23, 2026 The Caribbean Society for Human Resource Professionals (CSHRP) in their recently released PayPulse 2025 said that Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Saint Lucia, and Aruba,…
Jamaica Launches First‑Ever Multidimensional Poverty Index with Support from the Caribbean Development Bank
January 20, 2026 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) in collaboration with the Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) and the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI), officially…
The IDB said Caribbean economies will expand driven by tourism in 26
By: Staff Writer January 16, 2026 The Inter-American Development Bank’s latest Caribbean Economics Quarterly states that most economies will expand driven by tourism in 2026. Caribbean economies have demonstrated notable…
Dukharan: Caribbean Monthly Economic Report, November, 2025
December 2, 2025 As hurricanes, floods and fires ravage the planet, so too was COP30 in Brazil. Further to the previous month’s editorial suggesting that the climate justice argument for…
Jamaica Secures Package of $6.7 Billion over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa
December 2, 2025 Following Hurricane Melissa and at the request of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Caribbean Development Bank…
Jamaica Secures a Package of US$6.1 Billion Over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa
December 2, 2025 Following Hurricane Melissa and at the request of Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness, CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the Caribbean Development Bank…
CDB and Government of Dominica Agree on New Action Plan for Resilient and Sustainable Growth
November 28, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank) and the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica recently conducted a Country Portfolio Performance Review (CPPR) and Country Engagement…
Dominican Republic: Technical Assistance Report-Revenue Administration Gap Analysis Program (RA-GAP)–Gap in the Tax on Transfers of Industrialized Commodities and Services (ITBIS)
November 21, 2025 This report applies the IMF’s RA-GAP methodology to estimate the ITBIS gap in the Dominican Republic between 2018 and 2023. Official ITBIS revenue increased from 4.6% to…
The World Bank supports the improvement of transport infrastructure in Haiti
November 14, 2025 The World Bank Board of Directors approved a new project on Tuesday to improve resilient rural accessibility and road connectivity in Haiti’s West, South, Southeast, and North…
Grenada MSMEs Continue to Benefit from UBEC Business Development Workshops
November 14, 2025 The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission, through the Unleashing the Blue Economy of the Caribbean (UBEC) Project, continues to build the capacity of Micro, Small…
Author Stella Odie-Ali’s New Book, “Reflections: A Guyanese Story,” Tells Her Powerful Life Story in an Engaging and Own Conversational Style
November 11, 2025 Stella Odie-Ali, a teacher, sociologist, and social worker, has completed her new book, “Reflections: A Guyanese Story”: a compelling autobiography that tells of the love and support…