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.
Social Investment Fund - Jamaica (2014)
Poverty Alleviation
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Jamaica
Summary
In 1996, GOJ established JSIF Limited as one instrument in its poverty eradication programme and to execute the fifty million United States dollars (USD50 mn) JSIF project (JSIFP). JSIFP was financed by GOJ and loan and grant resources from various agencies. The main objective of JSIFP was to enhance the living conditions of poor communities through the provision of basic social and economic infrastructure.
