Good morning and welcome everyone in the studio as well as the audience in virtually im conscious of senior fellow at the csis on prosperity and development. Thank you for joining me today. Discuss a new book published by my long time and friend dan randy, a Senior Vice President and director of the project on Prosperity Development and holds the schreier chair here, csis. His work is oriented around u. S. Leadership in building a more democrat and prosperous world among his many other contributions. He was an architect of build act, helped contribute to the reauthorization of the Us Export Import Bank in 2018 and was an architect of prosper africa, a Government Initiative to deepen the uss and Development Engagement in. Hes been a leading on the role in future of the World Bank Group and u. S. Leadership in the multilateral system prior to csis held leadership roles at the u. S. Agency for International Development and the World Bank Group earlier in his career, he also worked commerc
The European Union (EU) continues to deepen its relations with CARIFORUM states while making millions available to help build a more resilient region in the face of ongoing social, economic, developmental and climate crisis challenges.European Commission representatives joined CARIFORUM member officials in Bridgetown this week as they officially launched the Caribbean-EU Partnerships 2021-2027, which consists of three main areas for cooperation - Partnership for a Green Deal, Partnership for Economic Resilience and Trade, and Partnership for Governance, Security and Human Development.The partnerships are based on the new EU-ACP Cotonou Agreement and form part of the EU’s €300 billion infrastructure investment strategy known as the Global Gateway, which was designed to deliver sustainable and high-quality projects that take into account the developmental needs of partner countries.Jutta Urpilainen, Commissioner for International Partnerships with the European Commission, also anno