
Caribbean Development Bank to establish first country office in Haiti this year
BRIDGETOWN - The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will establish its first country office in the Republic of Haiti later this year. Minister of Foreign Affairs Antonio Rodrigue and the Bank’s Vice-President More...

New partnership between Caribbean Development Bank and FAO
KINGSTON - The Food and Agriculture Organizations of the United Nations’ Regional Conference for Latin America and the Caribbean kicked off yesterday with the signing of an agreement between the Caribbean Development More...

CDB reports regional developmental gains in 2017 despite catastrophic Atlantic hurricane season
BRIDGETOWN - Despite major setbacks caused by a destructive 2017 Atlantic hurricane season, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has reported a year of several developmental gains for the region. The bank last year More...

Caribbean Development Bank supports Caribbean Tourism Organization’s service and business excellence program
Regional lending institution to provide over US$223,000 to fund Hospitality Assured certification programme in ten borrowing member countries. BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s continued More...

CDB grant to build regional capacity for climate forecasting
BRIDGETOWN - The board of directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved €773,000 in grant funding to enhance regional resilience to climate variability and change. The grant will be provided to More...

Use of Chinese currency could help safeguard region’s access to global finance
BRIDGETOWN - As global financial institutions continue to withdraw banking services from the region, the Chinese renminbi could help to safeguard the region’s access to global financial services. This was one More...

CTO and CDB to help region’s tourism sector combat impact of climate change
Region's tourism development agency to launch climate smart programme with €460,000 grant from Caribbean Development Bank. BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has received a €460,000 grant More...

CDB approves US$10 million to support Belize poverty reduction agency
BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) will assist the government of Belize in strengthening an institution that is a key partner and important vehicle for providing services to poor and vulnerable communities More...

CDB approves funding for a more climate-resilient Caribbean transport sector
BRIDGETOWN - The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved funding to address the high incidence of damage to the road infrastructure in Caribbean countries by natural hazard events and the potential for the More...

Brazil joins the Caribbean Development Bank
BRIDGETOWN – Brazil is the newest member country of the Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB). It has become the CDB’s 28th member, and the fourth non-borrowing regional member, joining Colombia, More...