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Denmark Grants $2.4 Million to IDB to Promote Regional Gender Equalty

Above: the Inter-American Development Bank By the Caribbean Journal staff The Danish government has given a $2.4 million donation to the Inter-American Development Bank’s Gender and Diversity Multi-Donor Fund to expand activities aimed at promoting gender equality and social inclusion […]

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Jamaica Gets $15.1 Million IDB Loan for Agricultural Competitiveness

The Inter-American Development Bank has given the Jamaican government a $15.1 million loan to boost the country’s Agricultural Competitiveness Programme. The announcement was made by Agriculture Minister Roger Clarke, who said the plan would be implemented over a five-year period. […]

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Colombia, Inter-American Development Bank Sign Citizen Security Agreement

Above: Bogota (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Colombia and the Inter-American Development Bank have signed an agreement aiming to transfer knowledge on violence prevention and improve citizen security in Latin America and the Caribbean. The signing, which took […]

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Inter-American Development Bank's Caribbean Governors Meet in Suriname

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 […]


Belize Joins Regional Health Initiative

Above: Belize (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize has joined the Salud Mesoamerica 2015 Initiative, a project that aims to reduce maternal and infant mortality among the poor. The programme could help more than 30,000 young women and […]


Haiti Signs Contract with French Firm Alstom to Refurbish Hydro Plant

Above: the Peligre hydroelectric plant (Photo: IDB) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s government today signed a contract with French firm Alstom-Comelex to refurbish the country’s Peligre hydroelectric plant, its principal source of renewable energy. The three-year, $48.8 million contract […]

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Inter-American Development Bank Approves $70 Billion Capital Increase

Above: IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno (right) at a road project in Haiti (Photo: Catianne Tijerina) By the Caribbean Journal staff The member countries of the Inter-American Development Bank have approved a resolution authorizing a $70 billion increase in the […]


Dominican Republic Gets $130 Million Loan from IDB for Toll Road

Above: the Heroes de la Restauracion Monument in Santiago (Photo: DR Tourism) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic has received a $130 million loan to refinance the rehabilitation, construction and operation of the Viadom network of toll roads. […]


IDB: Latin America and Caribbean on Right Path, but Not Immune to Turbulence

Above: IDB President Luis Alberto Moreno in Haiti (Photo: Catianne Tijerina) By the Caribbean Journal staff Latin America and the Caribbean are closing a year marked by economic gains, but the region is not immune to external shocks, according to […]

Haiti Gets Grant for Hydroelectric Power

Above: Lake Peligre in Haiti By the Caribbean Journal staff The Inter-American Development Bank has approved a $20 million grant to complete and supplement financing needed to refurbish Haiti’s Peligre hydroelectric plant, the largest green energy facility in the country. […]


“Haiti is a Land of Opportunity”

Above: Jose Agustin Aguerre (Photo: CJ) By Alexander Britell “Haiti is a land of opportunity.” It’s that phrase which Jose Agustin Aguerre, the manager of the Haiti Country Department for the Inter-American Development Bank, hopes becomes the new paradigm for […]


Trinidad Signs $130M IDB Loans

By the Caribbean Journal staff Trinidad has signed two loan agreements with the Inter-American Development Bank for a total of $130 million. The loans comprise $80 million in climate change support and $50 million aimed at strengthening the financial sector. […]


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