July 7, 2023 The economy is recovering gradually but faces headwinds from the cost-of-living crisis, more limited policy space, and more frequent and costly climate shocks. Tourism rebounded in the…
Category: CARIBBEAN BUSINESS AND FINANCE
United Kingdom-Anguilla-British Overseas Territory: Technical Assistance Report-Modernization of the Customs Legislative Framework
July 4, 2023 The authorities in Anguilla sought technical assistance from CARTAC to conduct a comprehensive review if its customs legislation. It is recognized that the existing legal framework for…
IMF Staff Reaches a Staff-Level Agreement with Haiti on a New Staff-Monitored Program
July 4, 2023 At the request of the Haitian authorities, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Patrizia Tumbarello held discussions with Haitian senior officials during April 10-17 in…
Regional recruitment company seeks to address “mismatch” between businesses struggling to hire and jobseekers struggling to find work
June 30, 2023 As a recent World Bank diagnostic report called attention to a severe skills gap challenge across 12 Caribbean countries, Caribbean Employment Services Inc. CEO Joseph Boll reminded…
Caribbean Employment Services Inc. commends efforts to hire more women
June 30, 2023 Following an admission by Vice President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo that the Ali administration intends to hire more women for its ongoing part-time jobs initiative, a regional recruitment…
ibex Appoints Tamara Ricketts-Brown Jamaica Country Manager
June 30, 2023 ibex (NASDAQ: IBEX), a leading global provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer engagement technology solutions, today announced that Tamara Ricketts-Brown has been appointed Senior Vice…
Jamaica: Technical Assistance Report-Climate Public Investment Management Assessment (C-PIMA)
June 30, 2023 Jamaica is highly exposed to multiple natural hazards, including tropical cyclones, floods, and droughts. Jamaica ranks 47th out of 191 countries in the 2023 Inform Risk index.1…
Suriname: Second Review Under the Extended Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Requests for Rephasing and Reduction of Access, Waivers of nonobservance of Performance Criteria and Financing Assurances Review
June 30, 2023 The program went off-track in mid-2022, due to the delayed completion of a prior action on parliamentary approval of the VAT law and, subsequently, to spending overruns…
St Kitts and Nevis announces extension to Citizenship by Investment Programme Sustainable Growth Fund Limited Time Offer due to unprecedented demand
June 30, 2023 International investors have been clamouring to take advantage of one of the best deals in the investment migration industry this year – St Kitts and Nevis’ Sustainable…
Process innovations will lead pathway beyond low-growth Caribbean!
By: Staff Writer June 27, 2023 The Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) in its Caribbean Economics Quarterly Bulletin said that the Caribbean may be doomed to a pre-pandemic low-growth model if…
Recruitment firm hopes to see more job openings in green and digital economies
June 27, 2023 The CEO of a regional recruiting firm is hoping to see more jobs in the green and digital economies after the World Bank released a report highlighting…