Markets Suriname Gets $40 Million IDB Loan to Improve Major Road Network
Above: Albina, Suriname, on the border with French Guiana By the Caribbean Journal staff Suriname will be receiving a $40 million loan to improve the country’s Meerzorg-Albina integration corridor, following approval by the Inter-American Development Bank. The road connects Suriname’s […]
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Haiti to Post Caribbean's Fastest Growth in 2013, Jamaica Slowest: Report
Above: flooding in Haiti lowered the country’s GDP estimate for 2012, but it is projected to grow 6 percent in 2013 (UN Photo/Logan Abassi) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is projected to lead the Caribbean in GDP growth […]
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Trinidad Receives $246.5 Million IDB Loan for Environmental Conditions
By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad will be receiving a $246.5 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank for a programme to improve the country’s environmental conditions. The loan will finance the first phase of a $546.5 million, three-phase programme […]
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CARICOM: "Serious Concerns" About Threat to Caribbean Rum in the US
Above: the St Nicholas Abbey rum company in Barbados (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean Community is increasingly concerned about what it calls a “threat to the competitiveness of Caribbean rum in the United States” due to […]
