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.
Student Loan Scheme - St. Vincent & the Grenadines (2020)
Education
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Summary
In October 2008, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a loan in the amount of USD10 mn to the National Commercial Bank (SVG) Ltd., (subsequently renamed BOSVG) to assist the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GOSVG) in improving its human resource capacity by providing loans to students under the Student Loan Scheme (SLS) of CDB. The main objective of the project was to assist BOSVG in funding, and GOSVG in developing, its human resource capacity through provision of student loans for upgrading skills at the vocational, technical, and professional levels.
