CDB SIGNS USD25 MILLION LOAN AGREEMENT WITH CIFI

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) signed an agreement on June 9, 2009 to provide a loan equivalent to USD25 million to the Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura S.A. (CIFI) to assist CIFI in expanding its lending programme in CDB's borrowing member countries. Read More Signing on behalf of CDB at left is Dr. Warren Smith, Director of Finance and Corporate Planning and at right is Mr. Roldan Trujillo, General Manager of CIFI.  Looking on are Juan Jose Juste, Chief Executive Officer of CIFI (centre), Yvette Lemonias-Seale, General Counsel , CDB (far right) and Nicole Jordan, Legal Counsel (standing).

VYBZING - CDB's YOUTH FORUM FOR DEVELOPMENT

Above are the First, Second and Third place winners of the Poster competition from students in the Turks and Caicos Islands   This year’s Vybzing Youth Forum for Development will be held in Providenciales in the Turks and Caicos Islands.  The theme for this year’s forum is Vybzing and Social Networking: Connecting to the Development Dialogue.  Read More...

ANNUAL REPORT 2008

The Caribbean Development Bank's Annual Report is now available.  To access the report please select this link.

Fundraising for Development and Alternative Financing Sources

The President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Compton Bourne, recently addressed the thirty-ninth Regular Meeting of ALIDE (Asociacion Latinoamericana de Instituciones Financieras para el Desarrollo) General Assembly, Curacao, Netherlands Antilles.  The text of Dr. Bourne's speech is available by clicking on this link.

CARIBBEAN AID FOR TRADE AND REGIONAL INTEGRATION TRUST FUND (CARTFund)

The Government of the United KIngdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK), through the Department for International Development (DfID), has a Regional Development Strategy for the Caribbean designed to help the Region reduce poverty through economic growth and increased resilience to risks that impact on growth.      One way the UK Government is operationalising its regional strategy is by the establishment of a Caribbean Aid for Trade and Regional Integration Trust Fund (CARTFund).  Read More....

Featured Activity

The Caribbean Development Bank's (CDB) Project Cycle Management Training Programme - Core Courses 5 and 6 - are now closed.   CDB thanks all who have shown interest.  However, the Specialised Modules commenced on March 2, 2009 and the Bank is currently accepting nominations for these modules.    Course dates for the Specialised Modules may be viewed by selecting this link.