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.
Sixth Consolidated Line of Credit - Belize (2019)
Financial Services
Project Completion Validation Report
Complete
Belize
Summary
In March 2009, the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) approved a loan in the amount of ten million (mn) United States dollars (USD10 mn) to the Government of Belize (GOBZ) to assist in providing finance to priority sector areas including student loans, small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), agricultural and industrial credit (AIC), low income housing, and microfinance. CDB also approved a grant to GOBZ of USD150,000 for the institutional strengthening of the new Development Finance Corporation (DFC) which was the Executing Agency for this Line of Credit. The overall objective of the project was to enhance the development of the credit market to promote financing on affordable terms to market segments that were not readily catered for by commercial banks and other Financial Institutions (FIs).
