by Christopher Barton, EXR Kurt Kisto, the IDB’s executive director for the Caribbean, delivered opening remarks at a recent Barbados conference on Caribbean Public/Private Partnerships (PPPs) for Sustainable Growth. Director Kisto’s remarks were later published as an op-ed in Trinidad’s Business Guardian. … [Read more...] about Kurt Kisto: Public Private Partnerships Can Add Sustainable Value to Caribbean Development
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What does Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s training share with development best practices?
Jamaican Olympic Champion runner, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce has achieved the pinnacle of her sport through years of intense training and fine tuning her skills. What she has achieved has much in common with what development specialists seek to create with sustainable programmes. … [Read more...] about What does Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce’s training share with development best practices?
Ten websites with up-to-date information on Caribbean development topics
All too often when searching for information on development issues in the Caribbean do we arrive at the list of results, only to discover that the latest uploaded paper, blog, news article, event notification, etc. was written in 2006 or earlier. Or when researching a particular issue concerning the Caribbean, we get sucked into a long list of documents capturing all of the … [Read more...] about Ten websites with up-to-date information on Caribbean development topics
Rihanna’s Music and Development Programming: It’s All About Motivation and Results
In an effort to strengthen project management capacity in the executing agencies and the capacity for evidence based policy making in public institutions, two training programs were initiated over the past 4 weeks: PM4R Seminar/Workshop and the Impact Evaluation seminar. The former attempted to strengthen participants’ project management knowledge, skills, attitudes and … [Read more...] about Rihanna’s Music and Development Programming: It’s All About Motivation and Results
The IDB’s Country Strategy with the Government of The Bahamas
by Michael Nelson, Natalie Bethel, Astrid Wynter and Cherran O’Brien Is national income per capita a comprehensive reflection of the development status of a country? What if it is an archipelagic nation lying in the middle of the hurricane belt with a small population, high geographic and economic concentration of production, high reliance on one market for export earnings, … [Read more...] about The IDB’s Country Strategy with the Government of The Bahamas