In one of his first public engagements since being appointed Governor of the Central Bank of Barbados, Dr Kevin Greenidge shone a spotlight on the bothersome question of regional air travel.
The occasion was the Central Bank’s public engagement discussion known as the Caribbean Economic Forum, staged on Wednesday and broadcast across the region and through the Central Bank’s various social
Dr Herbert Gayle, senior lecturer at The University of the West Indies, Mona (UWI), is underscoring the important role that non-governmental organisations (NGOs) can play in addressing the root ca.
Civil society organisations (CSOs) and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) in Barbados and the rest of the region are being urged to raise their voices in demanding reparatory justice and climate justice from the international community.
They are also being encouraged to demand more transparency from their governments on issues related to debt.
The call came on Wednesday from Geneva Oliverie, Development Specialist with
Antigua and Barbuda is among the top 10 small island developing states (SIDS) in the world with public debt greater than their gross domestic product (GDP). Caribbean countries in fact make up six of the top 10. Based on 2020 data, Barbados is the highest ranked at 157 percent, followed…
The Barbados-based Caribbean Policy Development Centre (CPDC) is planning to build a case for debt relief and restructuring for countries in the region.Richard Jones, Officer in Charge of CPDC, made the disclosure on Wednesday as he maintained that wealthy, heavily industrialised countries owe Small Island Developing States (SIDS) who are on the frontlines of the accelerating climate and debt crisis.“CPDC aims to coordinate a Caribbean civil society, solutions-oriented regional policy and advocacy campaign to highlight and address the adverse effects of high debt levels, exacerbated by public health crises, climate change effects, and the historical development deficits caused by small and vulnerable developing states like Barbados and those in the Caribbean,” he said.“CPDC, through this advocacy campaign, is aiming to build a case for Caribbean debt relief as a priority, and also restructuring of existing debt based on the region’s inherent climate and economic vulnerabilities