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Compete Caribbean Resonates Deeply Regionally

By 2017, the Compete Caribbean Program directly created over 5000 jobs and indirectly contributed to another 6000. Of the direct employment created, approximately 80% of these jobs went to women and the average labour participation of women in beneficiary firms/clusters increased by approximately 15%. Six years ago, the Compete Caribbean Program was launched with the

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Grenada's Protein from Waste Project Nominated for Awards

The Grenada Project – Protein from Waste Initiative, one of the most innovative and exciting projects under the Compete Caribbean Phase One portfolio, has been nominated for two international awards. Both nominations fall under the United Nation’s banner. The first nomination is The United Nations Climate Change Secretariat’s, Momentum for Change Lighthouse Activities which shines

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Is there a Gender Gap in the Caribbean?

Female participation in the management and ownership of Caribbean firms is relatively high, compared to international standards. Women-led businesses differ from other firms in the Caribbean along several characteristics, in particular, a larger presence of women in the management and ownership of the firms is often associated with smaller size, younger age, domestic ownership and

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Gender, Innovation & Productivity in the Caribbean

More than 50% of firms in many Caribbean countries are owned by men. These were the findings arising out of the study Gender Gap in the Region: The Performance of Women-Led Firms study authored by Winston Moore, Roberta Rabellotti and Andrea Presbitero in January 2017. Moreover, only three countries: Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

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Caribbean Regional Entrepreneurial Asset Commercialisation Hub (R.E.A.C.H) Consulting opportunities; Deadline: December 16th

The Caribbean Regional Entrepreneurial Asset Commercialization Hub (REACH) has bee established by funding from the Inter-American Development Bank and is currently being executed by the University of the West Indies. The objective of the project is to foster innovation and competitiveness in Caribbean SMEs and will establish facilities that will provide support services for improved

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Compete Caribbean hosts inaugural mediathon for Caribbean journalists

November 23 , 2016 –Compete Caribbean’s final event in its three-day long celebration and dialog was the climax of the Mediathon at the IDB Barbados headquarters. The mediathon had started the day before on Tuesday November 22, at the Lloyd Erskine Sandiford Centre and concluded the following day at the Inter-American Development Bank’s country office

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