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.
Third Road Project - St. Vincent & the Grenadines (2018)
Transportation
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Summary
The Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (GSVG) recognises that investment in the transport sector is critical to growth and development, particularly in support of agriculture, tourism and services. In 2000, with technical assistance from the European Union (EU), consultants were contracted to investigate the condition of the 55 kilometers (km) Windward Highway (WH), the longest of the three main highways which runs along the eastern coast of St. Vincent, and to make recommendations for a programme of rehabilitation or improvement of the road. The consultants recommended that the work be carried out in three phases. The Government decided to initiate Phase 1 - total reconstruction of WH from Diamond to Georgetown. In June 2002, GSVG requested financial assistance from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) for joint financing along with the EU, for the reconstruction of approximately 23 km and the rehabilitation of the existing structures, including bridges. A loan of USD10.581 mn was approved in response to this request in December 2002. During implementation the Government announced a change in policy with regard to air transportation and prioritised the construction of a new international airport at Argyle. It was realised that additional financing was needed to the realign a section of the WH which would be affected by the new airport. The project was re-scoped and an additional loan of USD5.2 mn granted in 2007.
