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Therese Turner-Jones

Nacida en Bahamas, Therese Turner-Jones es la gerente general del Grupo de Países del Caribe del Departamento de País (CCB), que supervisa las operaciones del Banco en Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Surinam, Bahamas y Trinidad y Tobago. Mientras se desempeña en este puesto, continuará desempeñando las funciones de representante de país para Jamaica.
Turner-Jones se unió al BID en 2013 como representante de país en Jamaica. Tiene más de 20 años de experiencia en las áreas de macroeconomía y desarrollo económico, con énfasis en el Caribe. Ha ocupado puestos clave en el Fondo Monetario Internacional (FMI) incluyendo el rol de jefe adjunta de División para la División Caribe II, Departamento del Hemisferio Occidental, y anteriormente como asesora del director ejecutivo para Canadá, Irlanda y el Caribe. Antes de su trabajo en el FMI, fue subgerente del Departamento de Investigación del Banco Central de las Bahamas.
Turner-Jones es economista de la Universidad de Toronto y tiene una maestría en economía de la Universidad de East Anglia, Reino Unido. Se graduó en United World Colleges (Lester Pearson College).

Therese Turner-Jones

Born in The Bahamas, Therese Turner-Jones is the general manager of the Caribbean Country Group of the Country Department (CCB), which oversees the Bank's operations in Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, Bahamas and Trinidad and Tobago. While in this role, she continues to serve as country representative for Jamaica. Turner-Jones joined the IDB in 2013 as a country representative in Jamaica. She has more than 20 years of experience in the areas of macroeconomics and economic development, with an emphasis on the Caribbean. She has held key positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) including the role of Deputy Head of Division for the Caribbean II Division, Western Hemisphere Department, and previously as Advisor to the Executive Director for Canada, Ireland and the Caribbean. Prior to his job at the IMF, she was Deputy Manager of the Research Department of the Central Bank of the Bahamas. Turner-Jones is an economist from the University of Toronto and has a master's degree in economics from the University of East Anglia, UK. He graduated from United World Colleges (Lester Pearson College).

Three ways to strengthen financing for private companies in the Caribbean

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Growing up in The Bahamas, I remember my grandmother’s asue. There weren’t any banks where she lived on the island of Inagua, and even if there had been, it wasn’t customary for women to frequent them. To adapt, women (and sometimes men) formed their own informal savings groups, known as asues. As her group’s custodian, my grandmother collected a weekly contribution from … [Read more...] about Three ways to strengthen financing for private companies in the Caribbean