Caribbean jobs board site achieves 50K traffic milestone

February 24, 2023 Nearly three years after being founded, Caribbean Employment Services Inc. is celebrating a milestone in surpassing 50,000 unique website visits in a single month as it continues…

Costa Rica: Technical Assistance Report-Upgrading the Rule-Based Fiscal Framework

February 24, 2023 The fiscal rule that came into force in 2020 has bolstered fiscal discipline and served Costa Rica well. The rule sets ceilings on nominal expenditure growth for…

Belize Staff Concluding Statement of the 2023 Article IV Mission

February 21, 2023 An International Monetary Fund team led by Jaime Guajardo conducted discussions for the 2023 Article IV consultation with Belize during February 2-14. The team met with Mr.…

EU Blacklists BVI As Tax Haven

February 21, 2023 EU finance ministers on Feb. 14th slapped the British Virgin Islands on the bloc’s blacklist for tax havens. The updated roster now holds 16 countries with the…

IDB Centers Support on Social Development, Climate Impact and Sustainable Growth in Central America and Dominican Republic

February 21, 2023 The Governors of Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) member countries in Central America and the Dominican Republic have gathered in Belize on February 20 and 21 for their…

SKN PM hits “elephant in the room” on intra-Caribbean travel

By: Staff Writer February 17, 2023 The Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis stressed the importance of tackling the “elephant in the room” on inter-Caribbean travel as pivotal to…

GUY:OPEN DOOR POLICY TO INVESTORS IN ITS NATURAL RESOURCE SECTOR

Coverage of the International Energy Conference and Expo 2023. February 17, 2023 By Kimberly Ramkhalawan kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com Guyana opened its doors to the International Energy Conference and Expo 2023 this week…

JMMB TALKS JAM’S TWIN PEAKS MODEL, SHARES NET PROFIT FOR 2022

By Kimberly Ramkhalawan February 17, 2023 kramkhalawan@caribmagplus.com From Investor confidence following the SSL fallout, to Jamaica’s government roll out of its Twin Peaks model, JMMB CEO, Keith Duncan spoke confidently…

Colombia will Host the World’s Summit of Development Banks in 2023

February 17, 2023 Bancóldex, Colombia’s business development bank, will host, together with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and the Latin American Association of Financial Institutions for Development (ALIDE), the fourth…

IMF Staff Concludes Visit to Barbados

February 17, 2023 An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Pablo Morra visited Bridgetown between February 13-16, 2023. The team discussed the implementation of Barbados’ updated Economic Recovery and…

Effective Legal Frameworks for Building the Digital Economy

By: Staff Writer February 14, 2023 The Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU), in collaboration with the Commonwealth Secretariat, hosted a training workshop ‘Effective Legal Frameworks for Building the Digital Economy’ in…

Panama: Technical Assistance Report-Macroprudential Policy Frameworks

February 14, 2023 At the request of the Superintendency of Banks of Panama (SBP), IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department (MCM) provided two technical assistance (TA) missions in 2021 on…