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Can Private Sector Innovation Provide an Adequate Solution to Haiti’s Poor?

Blog Entry, Haiti /

By: Sylvia Dohnert, Executive Director – Compete Caribbean Port Au Prince, Haiti, March 7-10, 2016 – Haiti is the poorest country in the continent, and an unresolved development puzzle. Existing data illustrates the dimension of the challenge: Despite the fact that the country has grown at an average rate of 3.8% since the devastating earthquake […]

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Startup Weekend In Bahamas a Hit!

Blog Entry, The Bahamas /

Nassau, Bahamas, January 29-31, 2016 – Seven Pitches. Seven Partners. One Weekend. 54 Hours. 14 Innovative Ideas … This was Startup Weekend Nassau! This inspiring journey began with meaningful and supportive collaboration between Shift the Culture, Techstars, the National Art Gallery of The Bahamas, UP Global, Global Shapers Community Nassau, Startup Bahamas, the Inter-American Development Bank and Compete Caribbean. Fourteen 30 second presentations

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A Single ICT Space for the Caribbean on the Horizon

Barbados, Blog Entry, Caribbean Focused /

Bridgetown, Barbados, January 27, 2016 – What would be the benefits of a single ICT space for the Caribbean? The region recently took a major step towards achieving a single ICT space when representatives from various regulatory organisations around the Caribbean came together between January 25-27, 2016 at the Meeting/Workshop of the Spectrum Management Task

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Moving Towards Better and Faster Internet in the Caribbean

Barbados, Blog Entry /

Bridgetown, Barbados, January 27, 2015 – In the Caribbean, broadband services are beleaguered by high costs and low quality connections, plus approximately only one in every eight persons has access to such services. Recent IDB studies reveal that a ten per cent increase in broadband penetration can increase economic growth by up to 3.19% and

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The DCED Photo Competition on Private Sector Development

Blog Entry /

The Donor Committee for Enterprise Development (DCED) is a forum for learning, from experience, how to create economic opportunities for the poor. Its website is the leading source of knowledge on these opportunities. The Sustainable Economic Growth Knowledge Network would like to announce: The DCED Photo Competition on Private Sector Development. If you are interested

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