This evaluation examines the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Country Engagement Strategy (CES) for Saint Lucia for the period 2020–23, including activities designed and implemented until December 2024. The evaluation uses a mixed-methods approach, combining document reviews, portfolio analysis, and stakeholder interviews, to inform the next CES. The evaluation process supported participation, reflection, and co-creation. During the inception phase, feedback was collected from CDB staff and Government of Saint Lucia (GOSL) counterparts to refine the focus and ensure evaluation questions would generate insights aligned with both CDB’s strategic needs and GOSL priorities. A Theory of Change workshop was conducted with CDB and GOSL stakeholders to reconstruct the underlying logic of the CES and identify key assumptions and change pathways. This collaboration provided a shared foundation for assessing progress and strategic alignment. Validation of emerging findings was carried out via an online workshop. A hybrid co-creation workshop was held with Saint Lucia-based stakeholders and CDB staff to collaboratively develop recommendations and ensure proposed actions are useful, specific, and actionable, with the aim of increasing the success of the next CES.
Community Investment Project - Jamaica (2022)
Financial Services
Project Completion Validation Report
Jamaica
Summary
On October 28, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a loan in the amount of USD12.085 mn to assist in the financing of the Jamaica Community Investment Project for which the Jamaica Social Investment Fund was the Executing Agency. The overall objectives of the project were to improve the socio-economic conditions in poor rural communities by increasing access to basic social and economic infrastructure, social services and social development initiatives, as well as organisational strengthening interventions.
