Video directed by Lynn Saghir, Caribbean Country Department, IDB Jason wants to attend university, but he doesn’t have enough to fund it out of pocket. As someone who has left school at a young age, he doesn’t have enough savings and his parents can’t afford the tuition. So, what does he do? He borrows money to finance his tuition fees. He has put himself in debt to … [Read more...] about Living Beyond Means
Shamar Blenman
Reducing, Reusing, Recycling and Recovering Waste the Bajan Way
The operations team of the Barbados Country Office of the Inter-American Development Bank decided to do something differently last month. Instead of its weekly operations meeting inside the comfortable air-conditioned Country Office conference room, the team ventured out on a mission to the Solid Waste Project Unit of the Ministry of Environment and Drainage, the Sustainable … [Read more...] about Reducing, Reusing, Recycling and Recovering Waste the Bajan Way
Discovering The IDB – An Intern’s View
Photo credit by Wikicommons - Aerial shot of Kensington Oval in Bridgetown Barbados West Indies while it was being renovated. Just 19 years of age, but I have already entered the professional world as an intern at the Inter-American Development Bank, Barbados Country Office. Previous to my internship I had never heard of the IDB. I knew of the International Monetary … [Read more...] about Discovering The IDB – An Intern’s View