CDB approves US$35M loan to improve education access in Belize

More children are expected to gain access to education in Belize with the construction of 35 new schools and the provision of 5,300 additional places across pre-primary, primary and secondary levels. These are among the benefits to flow from a USD35 million loan and a USD 461,000 grant approved  by the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to the Government of Belize at their meeting in Basseterre, St. Kitts.

 

CDB’s Board of Governors Meeting ends with pledge to fight poverty more creatively

The continuing impact of poverty and high unemployment on the Region emerged as one of the key areas of concern for Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) who wrapped up the 45th Annual Meeting of their Board today. This was disclosed by President of the Bank, Dr. Warren Smith, as he gave the customary report on the meeting’s deliberations during the closing ceremony.

Jamaica assumes Chair of CDB Board of Governors 2015-2016


[SKN] Jamaica assumed the chairmanship of the Caribbean Development Bank’s Board of Governors today as the 45th Annual Meeting of the Bank’s Board ended in Basseterre, St. Kitts. The CDB’s 46th Annual Meeting is set for May next year in Jamaica.  Representing Jamaica is Dr the Honourable Peter Phillips, Minister of Finance and Planning.

CDB President reiterates call for cooperation compact with international community

BASSETERRE, St. Kitts – CMC – The board of governors of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) began a two-day meeting here on Wednesday reiterating a call for the establishment of a broad-based “Compact of Co-Operation” between Caribbean countries and the wider international community.

CDB President Dr. William Warren Smith told the meeting that such a cooperation, which he first articulated in Jamaica and St. Lucia, is intended to deal with the issue of sovereign indebtedness in the region.

Focus more on TVET in schools – CDB study

[SKN] Specific challenges of giving youth the right training and tools for the labour market were examined in a Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) study presented today at a seminar at the 45th Annual General Meeting of the CDB’s Board of Governors in St Kitts and Nevis, May 20-21.

Productive Deliberations Encouraged At CDB Board Of Governors’ Meeting


Basseterre, St. Kitts, May 20, 2015 (SKNIS): The representatives of the 27 member-states attending the 45th Annual Board of Governors’ Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) were encouraged to undertake productive deliberations to assist in the development of the region.
 
Acting Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis His Excellency S.W. Tapley Seaton Q.C., delivered the welcome remarks.
 

Logistics and Youth Entrepreneurship Focus of #CDBBoG45 Seminars

Industry leaders in regional air transport, educational professionals, economists and development partners from across the globe will gather to discuss solutions to the main constraints to Regional air transport growth and development, and youth unemployment, during the 45th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) (#CDBBoG45) in St. Kitts and Nevis from May 20-21, 2015.