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IDB to Help Caribbean Hotels Go Green

Above: Goldeneye in Jamaica By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean hotels will receive a boost from the Inter-American Development Bank, which is granting $2 million to help the tourism sector in eight regional countries improve their energy efficiency. The four-year […]

Following China’s Lead, South Korea Looks to Caribbean Market

Above: Antigua PM Baldwin Spencer and South Korea FM Kim Sung Hwan (UN Photos: Eskinder Debebe and JC McIlwaine) By Alexander Britell China has been extending its influence and investment in the Caribbean region over the last several years, highlighted […]

Disabled in a Handicapped Country

By James English All photos by James English PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Sainte Marie is a neighborhood located on the side of a steep hill in southern Port-au-Prince. The area was heavily damaged during the earthquake of January 12, 2010, and […]

A New Port-au-Prince for $3.3 Billion

Above: displaced Haitians in Port-au-Prince (UN Photo: Sophia Paris) Port-au-Prince Mayor Muscadin Jean Yves Jason has presented plans for the Port-au-Prince of the future, a project designed by 40 Haitian planning experts that would cost $3.3 billion. The concept, which […]

ECLAC: Caribbean Economies to Grow 1.9 Percent This Year

Above: Osvaldo Kacef, director of ECLAC’s Economic Development Division (Photo: ECLAC) By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean economies will grow at a rate of 1.9 percent, according to a report by the United Nations’ Economic Commission for Latin America and […]

Cristina Savescu, World Bank Economist, on Caribbean Growth

By Alexander Britell Earlier this week, the World Bank released a report on growth prospects for Latin America and the Caribbean. That macro region had three distinct areas – Latin America itself, which is in the midst of an economic […]

After 25 Years, Swiss Government Moves to Seize Duvalier’s Millions

Swiss Bundeshaus The Swiss government has moved a court for authorization to seize millions that once belonged to former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude “Baby Doc” Duvalier, 25 years after the funds were first frozen. If the government is successful, the government […]

International Monetary Fund: Caribbean Real GDP to Grow 4.2 percent in 2011

The Caribbean region’s real GDP is projected to grow at 4.2 percent this year, following a 3.4 percent increase in 2010, according to the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook. The organization predicted a 7.2 percent in consumer prices for […]

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