Caribbean Business Reports

Money

World Bank predicts lift in 2021 remittance totals

The World Bank is forecasting an increase in remittance levels for 2021, noting that this will...

Nov 22 | BY

Economy

IMF warns Jamaica about inflation

THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) says “further tightening” of monetary policy may be needed if...

Nov 19 | BY Dashan Hendricks

Environment

Stronger measures to withstand shocks needed — report

A new report from the World Bank is urging Caribbean countries to improve their response...

Nov 17 | BY Josimar Scott

Tourism

Financial resilience needed for tourism entrepreneurs

Stemming from significant fall-outs in the tourism sector as a result of the novel coronavirus pandemic,...

Nov 10 | BY

Economy

BOJ defends interest rate hike

On Thursday, the Bank of Jamaica’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) unanimously voted to increase interest...

Oct 05 | BY

Education

Tertiary education is key to rebuilding economies, says World Bank

AS the world seeks to build back better in a new era of green and...

Sep 29 | BY

Agriculture

First post-quake assessment in Haiti finds hunger spike in affected areas

Editor’s note: The following is an article from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the...

Sep 09 | BY

Climate Change

ECLAC still concerned about region’s climate issue

Executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Alicia Bárcena...

Aug 27 | BY Abbion Robinson

Economy

Q&A: Dominican Republic’s crisis response and recovery

By Mariana Sans and Pamela Madrid — IMF Western Hemisphere Department As one of the...

Aug 26 | BY

Finance

Chinese FDI a major recovery boost for LAC

Latin America and the Caribbean’s (LAC) recovery process from the novel coronavirus pandemic is an...

Aug 15 | BY

Technology

Cyberattacks, cost of digital dollars worries TT central bank

In a recently published Financial Stability Report, the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago (TT) said...

Aug 13 | BY

Investment

Latin America and the Caribbean record lowest FDI in a decade — ECLAC

Foreign direct investments (FDI) to the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region fell by a...

Aug 10 | BY

Investment

FDI inflows to the Caribbean dropped by 36%

The United Nations Commission on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) is reporting that foreign direct investment...

Aug 02 | BY

Politics

Haiti: The case for reparations

Marlene Daut, professor of African diaspora studies at the University of Virginia, in the article...

Aug 02 | BY

Finance

ECLAC wants financial and international cooperation system reassessed

The executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), Alicia...

Jul 19 | BY

Tourism

Global economy could lose over $4T due to COVID-19 impact on tourism — UNCTAD

The crash in international tourism due to the coronavirus pandemic could cause a loss of...

Jul 02 | BY

Agriculture

FAO: Environmental projects can generate jobs, economic growth in LatAm, C’bean

How were farmers in Ecuador able to increase their income by 40 per cent and...

Jun 30 | BY

Technology

IDB: Closing digital gap could create up to 15 million jobs in LatAm, C’bean

Latin America and the Caribbean could dramatically increase employment and kick-start sustainable economic growth if...

Jun 28 | BY

Tourism

Slow tourism industry recovery underscores need for key reforms in Caribbean — IDB report

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says the extreme uncertainty surrounding the tourism recovery in the...

May 20 | BY

Infrastructure

World Bank data on private sector participation in the Caribbean shows ‘very modest uptick’

The World Bank says new data shows that private participation in infrastructure (PPI) in developing...

May 14 | BY