Saint Kitts and Nevis
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the 15 member states of the Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) is to date the only ‘full’ EPA signed with the European Union (EU). This is the reason why other ACP regions are examining its bottlenecks and benefits two years after coming on stream.
Branford Isaacs, Head of the Guyana-based...
Caribbean’s private sector gets a boost
Some leading International Financial Institutions have come together to set up a $US850M (€696M) action plan to boost private sector investment across the Caribbean region. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
After the severe economic crisis that affected Dominica in the late 1990s, successive governments have made notable efforts to provide a firm foundation for economic and political governance. These efforts were appreciated to such a degree, stresses Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, that Dominica received a...
Caribbean investment experts are predicting tough times ahead for the region’s three leading equity markets in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica, as major economies in the United States and Europe continue to experience downturns.
© Bernard Babb
Against a background of external shocks – caused by rising energy and food costs and contraction in North Atlantic economies – leading investment firms...
Talking about EPAs…
Those in the thick of EPA negotiations – namely technical experts and politicians – give their views on some of the most complex topics of the EPA talks so far, such as lost import taxes, meeting the 1 January 2008 deadline and assistance packages to underpin new trade measures.
Gilles Hounkpatin is Director for Trade, Tourism and Customs at the...
Such is the zeal with which cricket is enjoyed that all else virtually came to a standstill in March and April with the hosting of the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup in the Caribbean.
The event had been months in planning by governments, businesses, media and many others across the Caribbean’s nine host nations. Its legacy goes beyond the boundary of the few weeks of...
A five-year EU-funded programme is helping to prevent blindness in some of the poorer countries of the Caribbean region; Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and St. Lucia. It is being coordinated by the United Kingdom based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Sightsavers International, with its partners in the Caribbean.
The multi-faceted project is funding a range of measures from the training of...
Brussels was the location picked for the annual summit of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO), 13-15 March. The intention was to draw attention of the EU to the “critically important role of tourism in the region to livelihood and poverty alleviation,” said Hugh Riley Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados-based CTO which represents 33 member countries and many private sector...
Most visitors to the Caribbean are shocked that it costs just as much to travel by air between the tropical islands as it would to North America. Is there any choice?
More than ever before Caribbean nationals have been calling for improved connections between the islands, reduced taxes on travel and an informed policy on regional travel from Governments of the CARICOM[i] trading bloc....
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the 15 member states of the Caribbean Forum for African, Caribbean and Pacific states (CARIFORUM) is to date the only ‘full’ EPA signed with the European Union (EU). This is the reason why other ACP regions are examining its bottlenecks and benefits two years after coming on stream.
Branford Isaacs, Head of the Guyana-based...
Caribbean’s private sector gets a boost
Some leading International Financial Institutions have come together to set up a $US850M (€696M) action plan to boost private sector investment across the Caribbean region. The European Investment Bank (EIB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO), the International Finance Corporation (IFC)...
After the severe economic crisis that affected Dominica in the late 1990s, successive governments have made notable efforts to provide a firm foundation for economic and political governance. These efforts were appreciated to such a degree, stresses Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, Head of the European Commission Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean, that Dominica received a...
Caribbean investment experts are predicting tough times ahead for the region’s three leading equity markets in Barbados, Trinidad and Jamaica, as major economies in the United States and Europe continue to experience downturns.
© Bernard Babb
Against a background of external shocks – caused by rising energy and food costs and contraction in North Atlantic economies – leading investment firms...
Talking about EPAs…
Those in the thick of EPA negotiations – namely technical experts and politicians – give their views on some of the most complex topics of the EPA talks so far, such as lost import taxes, meeting the 1 January 2008 deadline and assistance packages to underpin new trade measures.
Gilles Hounkpatin is Director for Trade, Tourism and Customs at the...
Such is the zeal with which cricket is enjoyed that all else virtually came to a standstill in March and April with the hosting of the 2007 International Cricket Council World Cup in the Caribbean.
The event had been months in planning by governments, businesses, media and many others across the Caribbean’s nine host nations. Its legacy goes beyond the boundary of the few weeks of...
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