Overview

CDB responds to the needs of its Borrowing Member Countries through a range of programmes, designed to support economic and social development throughout the Region. The programmes provide technical assistance and grant funding, among other things, and in some cases, are supported in collaboration with other development partners.

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Basic Needs Trust Fund

The Basic Needs Trust Fund is the Bank’s flagship poverty reduction programme. It provides grant financing to vulnerable communities.
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Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services

The Caribbean Technological Consultancy Services Network supports the development of the Region’s micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.
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Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund

The Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund finances projects, which reduce disaster risks and support climate change adaptation efforts in Caribbean communities.
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Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund

The Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF) is intended to be a multi-donor fund, which will support the development of the creative industries (CI) sector in the Caribbean.
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EPA and CSME Standby Facility for Capacity Building

The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB or “the Bank”) and the European Union (EU) entered into an agreement to administer the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) and Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) Standby Facility for Capacity Building. The 11th European Development Fund (EDF) is financing the Facility which is being implemented by the CDB.
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Public Policy Analysis and Management and Project Cycle Management

The Caribbean Development Bank’s current Public Policy Analysis and Management and Project Cycle Management (PPAM/PCM) is the largest in-person public sector training programme that CDB has ever carried out.
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Regional Public-Private Partnership Support Facility

The Regional Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Support Facility promotes PPP policies and projects by supporting policy development and building capacity.
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Special Development Fund

The Special Development Fund Unified was established in 1983, and provides low-interest loans and grants of high development priority.
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Sustainable Energy for the Eastern Caribbean

The Sustainable Energy for the Eastern Caribbean (SEEC) programme is a multi-donor trust fund and grant facility which assists countries in the Eastern Caribbean in addressing energy security issues.
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The Natural Disaster Risk Management Programme

The Natural Disaster Risk Management programme supports disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation activities in CARIFORUM states.
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United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund (UKCIF)

The United Kingdom Caribbean Infrastructure Partnership Fund provides grant funding for infrastructure projects to encourage growth and support poverty reduction.
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VYBZING: CDB and Youth

VYBZING is an outreach programme through which CDB engages directly with youth on regional development issues.