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 - Guyana (2023)
Education
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Guyana
Summary
In April 2009, CDB approved a loan in the amount of seven million five hundred thousand United States dollars (USD7.500 mn) to the Government of Guyana (GOGY) to contribute to sustainable economic and social development through increased productivity. GOGY contributed Counterpart Resources of USD2.122 mn. The project’s overall objective was to foster an enhanced Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system. The intended results of the project were: (a) modern and well-equipped Technical Institutes (TIs) in Regions 3 and 5; and (b) an institutional framework for the development of the TVET sub-sector.
