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.
Financial Sector Stabilisation Loan - St. Vincent & the Grenadines (2016)
Financial Services
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Summary
In February 2010, GOSVG requested assistance from CDB for a loan in the amount of USD30-40 million (mn) to help stabilise the financial sector through the divestment of the publicly-owned commercial bank, National Commercial Bank (NCB). The St. Vincent and the Grenadines’ (SVG) financial sector is dominated by commercial banks which represent just under 70% of total financial sector assets (excluding National Insurance Scheme (NIS) assets). NCB, which is the target of this intervention, accounts for about 27% of financial sector assets and 40% of commercial bank assets.
