PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad (CMC) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders ended their four-day summit in Port of Spain on Saturday agreeing to the immediate adoption of a stabilisation and growth agenda which emphasises the removal of constraints on competitive production as well as proactive facilitation and support for the private sector aimed at catalysing growth in critical economic sectors.
CARICOM chair and host Prime Minister Kamla Persad Bissessar, speaking at the end of summit news conference, told reporters that the regional leaders addressed the issue of the future of CARICOM economies and agreed to deepen “the regional framework for growth and development through the pursuit of a development path which engenders inclusiveness of all stakeholders”.
She told reporters that in accordance with this strategic approach, the regional leaders agreed to the immediate “design and execution of a resource mobilisation strategy to facilitate targeted interventions by governments to catalyse and ignite growth in CARICOM states.”