November 15, 2024 The Caribbean Export Development Agency is pleased to announce that Wayne Elliott has been appointed as the Manager of Technical Programmes. Wayne Elliott is an international development…
Category: BARBADOS
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on the Fourth Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility
November 8, 2024 At the request of the Government of Barbados, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Michael Perks visited Barbados between October 31 and November 6 to…
Rihanna’s game-changing beauty brands to launch in the Caribbean
October 4, 2024 Rihanna is bringing her game-changing beauty brands, Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin and Fenty Eau De Parfum, to the Caribbean and exclusively to John Bull. The Bahamas among…
Barbados: Third Reviews Under the Arrangement Under the Extended Fund Facility, Arrangement Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility, and Request for Modification of Performance Criteria-Press Release; and Staff Report
July 2, 2024 The authorities’ implementation of the home-grown Economic Recovery and Transformation (BERT 2022) plan and their ambitious climate policy agenda remain strong, supported by the IMF’s Extended Fund…
The Pan African Payment Settlement System is being piloted in Bahamas and Barbados.
By: Staff Writer June 14, 2024 Pan-African Payment and Settlement System (PAPSS) is being piloted in The Bahamas and Barbados for wider Caribbean acceptance. Denys Denya, executive vice president of…
IMF Reaches Staff-Level Agreement with Barbados on the Third Reviews of the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility Arrangement
May 28, 2024 At the request of the Government of Barbados, an International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Michael Perks visited Barbados during May 13-21, 2024 to discuss the…
Recruitment firm projects positive trajectory for employment in 2024
January 5, 2024 Caribbean Employment Services Inc., a market-leading digital talent acquisition firm based in Barbados but operational throughout the Caribbean, is projecting a positive trajectory for employment in the…
CARICRIS: Government of Barbados upgraded
December 15, 2023 Caribbean Information and Credit Rating Services Limited (CariCRIS) has upgraded by two notches the sovereign issuer credit ratings assigned to the Government of Barbados (GOB) to CariBBB-…
Barbados has highest-paying jobs in the Caribbean, says PayPulse
By: Our Today November 28, 2023 A comprehensive regional survey report has named Barbados as the highest-paying Caribbean country. The Caribbean Society for Human Resource Professionals (CSHRP) has launched its…
Barbados: Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Consultation Mission and Staff Level Agreement for the Second Review under the Extended Fund Facility and the Resilience and Sustainability Facility
November 14, 2023 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Mr. Pablo Morra, held a virtual mission during November 6-13, 2023. The staff team held discussions on the…
Not talking about agriculture, but doing something 1,000 acres at a time
By: Staff Writer August 15, 2023 A Barbadian entrepreneur is launching a “dynamic approach” to agriculture with new 1,000 acre initiative set to launch within the next few months. The…
Barbados: First Reviews Under the Extended Fund Facility and Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility.
July 7, 2023 “Requests for Modification of Performance Criteria and Reform Measures, and Rephasing of Access Under the Resilience and Sustainability Facility-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive…