January 28, 2022
Marla shares her views on the most common questions we have received with respect to the recently proposed and widely debated USD400 million bond issue
January 21, 2022
Highlights from recent independent assessments of T&T's economic performance, and the major sources of concern in 2022.
June 21, 2021
Evaluates the facts behind borrowing from the IMF, the major risks to T&T’s debt sustainability and external accounts based on updates presented by the Minister
MONTHLY REPORT
August 14, 2023
Bahamas growth improving, debt high and unsustainable; Barbados recovery slow and tourism-based; Cayman facing rising inflation; Guyana falling deeper into the resource curse; Jamaica progressing
May 12, 2023
We have updated our forecasts and outlooks for all countries. Trinidad & Tobago’s economy remains highly vulnerable to hydrocarbon prices. Food price inflation remains in
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WEBCAST
Caribbean Energy REvolution
- May 13, 2023
Where do we stand as a region on the road to net-zero? What progress has been made, and what obstacles prevent faster and more widespread
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New Mitchell, New Mandate: Grenada's Transformation Journey
- March 2, 2023
Prime Minister Hon Dickon Mitchell of Grenada discusses with Marla Dukharan the current challenges facing Grenada and his policy agenda to create a strategic path
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Tax Blacklists and Propaganda: Defeating the Discrimination and Pro-Poverty Agenda
- February 28, 2023
Watch our live discussion with Alex Cobham, Economist and Chief Executive of the Tax Justice Network, and Professor Steven Dean, Professor of Law at Brooklyn
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PODCASTS
Rasheed chats with Marla Dukharan, as he unpacks the intricacies of this reality many Caribbean nations face. Can you imagine the catastrophic consequences of your country being blacklisted internationally?
Radio Jamaica FM94 interviews Marla Dukharan on why the EU’s blacklist constitutes institutionalized racism and bullying. Marla’s report can be found at https://bit.ly/blacklisteu
Marla examines how the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic is affecting the broader Caribbean economy and long-term development issues of the region as she welcomes Henry Mooney, IDB’s Research Economic Advisor and David Rosenblatt, IDB’s Regional Economic Advisor. Their discussion centers on IDB’s most recent Caribbean quarterly economic bulletin giving us a detailed look at tourism and […]
FEATURE ARTICLES
How To Diversify And Future-Proof A Sids Economy? Ask The Cayman Islands
I was hoping to catch a glimpse of DJ Khaled earlier this year while he was recording at Albany in The Bahamas, as more and more international artistes do. And why not? Apart from Jamaica, it’s hard...
Venezuela, Vanuatu, & The Vatican: No oil? No God? No Chance!
Google ‘oligarch’ and the results reflect the prevailing narrative that they are largely Russian/Soviet. But oily-garchies are everywhere, because the Paradox of Plenty predisposes resource-rich c...
Is Tourism a net benefit to the people of the Caribbean, or to tourists?
The region’s stopover tourist arrival recovery after the Global Financial Crisis was mixed — Jamaica and Dominican Republic recovered in 2009, Aruba and St. Lucia in 2010, Cayman and Belize in...
