This document presents a synthesis of the main findings and lessons learned from evaluations completed in 2025 and published in early 2026, as well as from Project Completion Validation Reviews (PCVRs) conducted between 2023 and 2025. Together, these sources provide a consolidated view of the evidence emerging from the Caribbean Development Bank's recent evaluation portfolio.The evaluations and PCVRs offer important insights into what is working well, where challenges persist, and what lessons can be drawn to strengthen future programming. They provide evidence for the Bank, its Borrowing Member Countries (BMCs), and the Board of Directors to inform decision-making, enhance development effectiveness, and strengthen the design and implementation of future interventions.
Enhancement of Technical and Vocational Education and Training - Belize (2012)
Education
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Belize
Summary
During 1999, MOES in Belize commissioned several studies involving the primary, secondary and Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) sub-sectors. These studies informed the development of the Belize Education Sector Strategy 1999-2003. The study of the TVET sub-sector identified the need to develop a more effective system to ensure that it provided occupational competencies which were suitable and relevant to the local labour market and would better serve the needs of business and industry; facilitate and support the introduction of new and emerging technologies; and act as a catalyst for attracting new investments. There was also need for a system capable of addressing the requirements of diverse populations, including existing members of the labour force, who needed to update their skills; secondary school graduates preparing for the job market; and candidates from non-formal, pre-vocational programmes who needed to better themselves to enter the job market.
