By: Staff Writer August 8, 2025 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in their Economic Survey for Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) 2025 said that…
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CDB to place emphasis on regional private sector engagement
By: Staff Writer August 8, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank in its annual procurement report said that in 2024 they will focus on market outreach methods to get the regional…
Aisha Maina Secures USD $40M St Kitts Port Deal And Takes Trade Roadshow From Grenada To Jamaica And Trinidad
August 5, 2025 Aisha Maina, Managing Director of Aquarian Consult and founder of Gemini Integrated Commodities, has completed an intensive week of engagements, capped by a USD 40 million deal…
IMF Staff Completes Article IV Mission to Colombia
August 5, 2025 An IMF staff team concluded its visit to Bogotá following a series of constructive discussions with the Colombian authorities on recent economic developments, outlook, risks, and policy…
Jamaica’s ASPIRE programme working to secure peaceful investment atmosphere
By: Staff Writer August 1, 2025 A Jamaican cabinet minister touts the success of a countrywide inclusion project aimed at securing a peaceful investment climate at the Caribbean Investment Forum,…
CDB Reaffirms Leadership in Climate Adaptation through Regional Workshop
August 1, 2025 The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB / the Bank), one of the region’s few entities accredited by the Adaptation Fund, has marked another milestone in advancing climate resilience…
Guatemala Launches the First Social Finance Taxonomy in Latin America
July 29, 2025 IDB Invest, the Sustainable Finance Advisory Council of Guatemala, and CentraRSE have launched a pioneering tool called the Social Finance Taxonomy to help the financial sector identify and promote…
IDB Invest Expands Access to Housing in Colombia for Low-Income Families
July 29, 2025 IDB Invest has supported access to mortgage loans for low-income families to purchase social housing in Colombia through a financial operation aimed at expanding the financing capacity…
Jamaica’s $1BN Harmony Cove does not sacrifice the public purse says Holness
By: Staff Writer July 25, 2025 Jamaica’s newest $1 billion Harmony Cove Resort project is set to transform Trelawny Parish without burdening the taxpayers for its development, Prime Minister Andrew…
FDI in LAC up 7.1% in 2024
By: Staff Writer July 22, 2025 The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in a recent foreign direct investment report said that that FDI inflows are up…
El Salvador halted bitcoin purchases after signing IMF deal
By: Staff writer July 22, 2025 The International Monetary Fuund (IMF) in their July 15 Article IV Consultation report for El Salvador warned that the country should continue to mitigate…
US to impose additional 10% tariffs on Caribbean exports
By: Staff Writer July 18, 2025 The Donald Trump administration is implementing a 10 percent tariff on the Caribbean and with African countries. Trump told reporters on Tuesday that: “We’ll…