Caribbean jails are full of nonviolent offenders, but murder still high.

By: Staff writer December 18, 2020 “Incarceration does not appear to significantly reduce criminality,” as jails are filled with non-violent offenders in the Caribbean, a recent Inter-American Development Bank study…

Guyana to strengthen public policy response to the COVID-19 pandemic with IDB support

Guyana will strengthen its public policy and fiscal management response to the COVID-19 health and economic crisis with a US$34m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The operation, the first of a…

IDB Invest gives $55m (US) in trade support to help battle COVID impact- Barbados, Suriname and Guyana are first up.

The Inter-American Development Bank, through its investment arm, IDB Invest has broadened their trade facilitation programme across the Caribbean with incorporating three subsidiaries of Republic Financial Holdings Limited in Barbados,…