The following are statements and speeches by the President of the Caribbean Development Bank, Dr. Compton Bourne. Dr. Bourne's speeches from 2003 to present are also available via the link on the right.  

• Global Financial Crisis: Uncertain Recovery - June 11, 2009

• Fundraising for Development and Alternative Financing Resources - May 19, 2009

• Economic Stimulus Packages: Returning to Growth - April 16, 2009

• Caribbean Economic Recessions in Historical Perspective - November 5-7, 2008

• Economic Growth, Poverty and Income Equality - September 26, 2008

• Quality Education and the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) in an Increasingly Competitive and Rapidly Changing Global Environment - September 21-26, 2008

• The Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society, Miami - "Perspectives on Enhancing Sustainable Growth and Development of Caribbean Agriculture", July 14, 2008

• The Euromoney Conferences/Latin Finance Caribbean Investment Forum: Challenge and Opportunity an Investment Overview of Caribbean Community Countries - 11th - 13th June, 2007

• The Agriculture Donor Conference Statement - 2nd June, 2007

• Environment – “Fostering a Green Culture” Turks and Caicos Islands: Nature and the Economy: Addressing the Delicate Balance - 2007

• Urban Development: Challenges and Approaches - 2007

• The Seminar on Monetary Cooperation in the Caribbean: Some issues in Macroeconomic Policy Coordination Presentation - 18th May, 2006

• The Fifth Annual Conference of the Association of Caribbean Higher Education Administrators: Pressures on Universities - 8th July, 2005

• TheThirty-Fifth Annual Board of Governors Meeting Guyana: The Soft Underbelly of Caribbean Economic Progress - 18th May, 2005

• The Inter-American Development Bank Conference on Meeting the Competitiveness Challenge in Barbados: Approaches to Sectoral Development Strategies - 4th May, 2005

• The Alfred O. Heath Distinguished Speakers’ Forum University of the Virgin Islands: Poverty and its Alleviation in the Caribbean - 14th March, 2005

• The Official Ground Breaking Ceremony for the National Irrigation Development Pilot Project: Address - 26th January, 2005

• The Annual Conference of the Association of the Caribbean Universities and Research Institutes, UNICA 2004: the Role and Significance of Higher Education in the Sustainable Development of the Caribbean - 10 - 13 November, 2004