We would like to extend our gratitude to Ruth Houliston, Vashtie Dookiesingh, Smeldy Ramirez, Lisandra Rickards, Maria Niles, Genesia Tucker, Jean Emmanuel Desmornes and Simon Johnson for their contributions to this blog. Avast ye, for something grand is stirring in the Caribbean, from Kingston, Jamaica to Georgetown, Guyana. Despite the tempests and tides posed by … [Read more...] about Innovators of the Caribbean: Innovation Tells No Tales
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ONE Caribbean: A Collaborative Approach for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
Coordinated efforts to solve critical shared challenges in the Caribbean is an urgent mandate for improving lives in the region. Heeding this call from Caribbean governments, the IDB, IDB Invest and IDB Lab introduced in 2024 a strategic framework and regional program, ONE Caribbean. ONE Caribbean provides a structure to identify, pilot, support and prioritize projects with … [Read more...] about ONE Caribbean: A Collaborative Approach for Sustainable Development in the Caribbean
Resilient Safety Nets: Future-Proofing Retirement Incomes in the Caribbean
Albeit at different rates, Caribbean countries have seen their populations gradually age over time. This is the result of several factors including falling fertility rates, emigration of its working population and increasing life expectancies. Even though population aging is the result of important social achievements, such as the increase in life expectancy, it … [Read more...] about Resilient Safety Nets: Future-Proofing Retirement Incomes in the Caribbean
Connecting the Caribbean to the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health
Recently, seven Caribbean countries—Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago—met in Kingston, Jamaica, for Caribbean Connect: Building the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health. Hosted by the IDB and the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), this sub-regional meeting aimed to advance the Caribbean vision for digital health … [Read more...] about Connecting the Caribbean to the Pan-American Highway for Digital Health
Gender gaps in education in the Caribbean: are girls doing better than boys?
The Caribbean region has made considerable progress in terms of access to education, achieving virtually universal primary school enrollment and similar levels of educational attainment relative to comparable countries. However, there are persistent learning inequalities throughout students’ life cycles as they progress from primary to secondary and tertiary education. … [Read more...] about Gender gaps in education in the Caribbean: are girls doing better than boys?