Caribbean micro-entrepreneurs as well as small businesses find it difficult to access financing on favorable terms, which limits their ability to grow and develop, which in turn, has a negative impact on the private sector in the region. This project focuses on issues and activities to strengthen the micro-finance institutions (MFIs) in the region under […]
Regulations for the Microfinance Sector in the Caribbean Read More »
The project provided 8 studies to lead panel discussion sessions at the Americas Competitiveness Forum in 2011 in the Dominican Republic. The studies were: Renewable Energy: Best Practices in Promotion and Use for Latin America and the Caribbean Strategic Analysis of Competitiveness and Innovation in the Tourism and Telecommunications Industries Innovation in Services: The Hard
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Impact Investing is an emerging industry which entails investors actively placing capital in businesses and funds that generate social and/or environmental goods and at least return nominal principal to the investor. This project partnered with the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) to examine the existing impact investment activities in Barbados, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica
This project partners with the IDB’s Multilateral Investment Fund to study sustainable agriculture in Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Jamaica, Suriname, The Bahamas and Trinidad and& Tobago. It examines current developments in sustainable agriculture in this country, analyses specific challenges, and identifies opportunities, taking into consideration trade liberalization, food safety, quality and security, rising food prices, the
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In 2011, the program sponsored the third update of Dominica’s Growth and Social Protection Strategy. The Strategy was presented to a meeting of public, private and donor stakeholders to assist in the allocation of resources for priority development work over the following 5 years.
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This project is to rationalize and strengthen investment promotion in Antigua and Barbuda. The activities undertaken in the project will help to prioritize the niche economic sectors for development in Antigua and Barbuda where a comparative advantage may exist, and strengthen the institutional architecture for investment promotion in the country. With clear objectives, a sound
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This project gathers essential data on the competitiveness of Caribbean businesses. It paid for the inclusion of all 15 countries in the World Bank’s Enterprise Surveys (2011) which revealed some of the top challenges faced by firms in the region. The project is subsequently developing and applying innovation surveys to these firms in order to
Measuring Competiveness for Private Sector Development in the Caribbean Read More »
This study is to generate knowledge on global and regional trends and innovations that are transforming the tourism sector, with an emphasis on ICT-based innovations. The project identifies and analyzes innovative uses of ICT in the tourism sector. Prioritized topics are the following: i) in the field of tourism public management, creation of intelligent and
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In collaboration with the Caribbean Centre for Competitiveness (CCfC) this project piloted training on cluster development and cluster strategies to representatives of business support organizations (BSOs) that work with clusters (or may do so in the future), government representatives working on cluster policy, and university cluster practitioners. 40 people were trained.
This project studies the factors that have led large firms in the region to grow and achieve competitiveness and scale, as well as the challenges and obstacles faced along the way. This knowledge can be used by business executives, corporate leaders as well as policy makers as they make decisions to grow and facilitate business.
Large regional Firms: Drivers of Growth and Opportunities for Expansion into new Markets Read More »
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