by Roje Layne, Rakya Phillips, Sheldon Shepherd, Rashada Lopez, Hacina Watson-Hinds, Celicia Maughn and Liane Aird The Barbados Country Office of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is hosting an internship competition for economic students of the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus (UWI). The pilot project seeks to engage young adults, exposing them to the … [Read more...] about UWI Economics Students Get Tips from the IDB Barbados Country Office on Working as Economists
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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
Meet Me in Bridgetown at the Intersection of Brand Equity & Competitiveness
Less than two months ago I was sitting in a French restaurant in an American city looking at an item on the menu called Meet Me in Havana. I frantically messaged a marketing communications friend and pointed out that it should have been called Meet Me in Bridgetown since the main ingredient has been made in Barbados since 1703! My friend calmly pointed out that Havana was … [Read more...] about Meet Me in Bridgetown at the Intersection of Brand Equity & Competitiveness
Local enterprise and Government keeping Barbados clean
Photo author Adriana La Valley The Caribbean is a region that excels as a tourism destination with its white sand beaches and clear turquoise water. But no one really reflects on what it takes to keep them clean and what it takes to dispose of waste generated, in a sanitary and sustainable way. When it comes to waste, it is everyone’s business and it takes innovation … [Read more...] about Local enterprise and Government keeping Barbados clean
Long Beach: Our Place, Our Planet, Our Responsibility
IDB Barbados Country Office Family & Friends Clean Up Barbados Team. Photo Author Lisa S. Howard The once controversial refrain “Da Beach Is Mine” has become the unofficial Barbadian anthem about the ownership of our beaches -- ownership accompanied by rights and responsibilities. In September, The Greening Committee from the Inter-American Development Bank’s … [Read more...] about Long Beach: Our Place, Our Planet, Our Responsibility