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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
Combined Speeches by Dr. Compton Bourne, President, Caribbean Development Bank for the period 2003-2008
Statements and Speeches by Past Presidents