Suriname
Inter-American Development Bank’s Caribbean Governors Meet in Suriname
February 14, 2012 | 12:20 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Paramaribo (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean governors of the Inter-American Development Bank met in Suriname Monday to discuss development challenges and opportunities in the region. It was the first annual meeting of the Governors of the IDB's Caribbean Country Department. IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno said the bank would more...
Haiti’s Martelly Holds Talks with CARICOM Delegation in Port-au-Prince
February 14, 2012 | 10:28 am | 0 Comment
Above: Haitian President Michel Martelly shakes hands with St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas (Photo: OP) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haitians who hold a US or Schengen visa could travel freely to CARICOM member countries under a plan by Haitian President Michel Martelly. That was one of the issues discussed at Monday's meeting with a CARCOM more...
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Suriname President Desi Bouterse Takes Over as CARICOM Chairman
January 6, 2012 | 9:59 am | 0 Comment
Above: Suriname President Desi Bouterse (UN Photo/Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname President Desi Bouterse has taken over as CARICOM Chairman, following the completed term of St Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Dr Denzil Douglas as chairman. "By changing the way we do things, this Community will be a changed one -- for the better -- by the end more...
Bouterse, LaRocque Meet in Suriname
December 13, 2011 | 12:40 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Suriname President Desi Bouterse (UN Photo/Marco Castro) By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname President and Incoming CARICOM Chairman Desi Bouterse met with Secretary General Irwin LaRocque in Surianme today as part of the latter's two-day visit in the country. Bouterse will become chairman on Jan. 1, 2012, and will hold the position for six months, more...
IDB Grants Suriname $40 Million Loan to Strengthen Financial Sector
December 10, 2011 | 12:24 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Paramaribo (UNESCO Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $40 million loan that supports the government of Suriname's financial sector reform programme. "Suriname has enjoyed robust and macro-economically balanced growth for the past five years," said Frank Nieder, IDB team leader. "The programme should more...
CARIFESTA to Make Return in Suriname
December 6, 2011 | 2:38 pm | 0 Comment
Above: CARIFESTA in 2006 in Port of Spain (Photo: CARICOM) By the Caribbean Journal staff CARIFESTA, the Caribbean festival of the creative and performing arts, will return after what will have been a five-year hiatus, with Suriname hosting the event in 2013. Guyana last hosted the festival in 2008, and although some countries, such as the Bahamas, expressed more...
Suriname, World Bank Renew Partnership
November 8, 2011 | 9:35 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff A contingent from the World Bank began a three-day visit to Suriname yesterday aimed at rewinding the bank's commitment to the country. World Bank Director for the Caribbean Francoise Clottes was joined by Giorgio Valentini, the bank's country representative for Suriname and International Finance Corporation representative Kirk Ifill. more...
Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Human Development Index: UN
November 3, 2011 | 6:44 pm | 0 Comment
Barbados has the highest Human Development Index of any CARICOM country, according to the latest data from the United Nations Development Programme. Barbados has an index of 0.793, which is 47th in the world, just after Croatia and ahead of Uruguay. Coming in second in the region was the Bahamas, followed by the Bahamas, at 53rd, and Antigua, at 60th. See below more...
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Barbados Has Caribbean’s Highest Life Expectancy: United Nations Report
November 1, 2011 | 12:47 pm | 0 Comment
Above: Harrismith Beach in Barbados (Photo: Barbados Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados has the highest life expectancy in CARICOM, according to a report released by the United Nations Population Fund. The report, "State of World Population 2012," was sent out on the eve of the expected birth of the planet's 7 billionth inhabitant. Barbados had more...
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St Lucia Top Caribbean Country for Doing Business: World Bank Report
October 24, 2011 | 2:00 am | 0 Comment
By the Caribbean Journal staff Doing business is easier in St Lucia than anywhere else in CARICOM, according to the 2012 Doing Business report from the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. St Lucia was ranked 52nd in the world for the ease of doing business, tops in the Caribbean, followed by Antigua and Barbuda at 57th and Dominica at 65th. more...
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