Caribbean News # 19 - Feb. - Mar. 2009

Feb./Mar. 2009 – Number 19   A bimonthly newsletter for the Caribbean Region

1. World Bank President Robert B. Zoellick at the Haiti Donor Conference
2. Global:  Crisis Hurting Developing World, G-20 Must Restore Confidence
3. Belize:  WB Endorses Re-Engagement Strategy
4. República Dominicana:  Yvonne Tsikata, Directora para el Caribe, visitó el país
5. Jamaica:  Caribbean Policy Makers Discuss Regional Trade Integration
6. Haiti:  don de 5 millions des dolars pour la reconstruction des écoles

1.  Haiti Donor Conference:  UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, World Bank President Robert Zoellick, IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, IADB President Luis Alberto Moreno, and Former US President Bill Clinton among the participants.   Conference Info and Mr. Zoellick's remarks 

2.  An estimated 53 million more people would be trapped in poverty this year, subsisting on less than $1.25 a day, because of the crisis  read

3.   The new endorsed Interim Strategy Note for Belize outlines the Bank’s assistance over the next two years (March 2009 to June 2011), and supports the country’s strategy to spur economic growth and reduce poverty  read

4.   Durante su visita a la República Dominica, la Directora para el Caribe se reunió con el Presidente Leonel Fernández y otros altos funcionarios leer

5.  Representatives of 13 Caribbean countries met in Jamaica to discuss the study: Accelerating Trade Integration in the Caribbean: Policy Options for Sustained Growth, Job Creation, and Poverty Reduction and to adopt a concrete action plan for its implementation in the region  read

6.  « Investir dans la prévention, et l'amélioration des normes de construction contribuera à rendre les écoles haïtiennes plus résistantes aux futures catastrophes naturelles » a expliqué Yvonne Tsikata, directrice des opérations de la Banque mondiale pour les Caraïbes   lire

See also:

*   NEWS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
*   NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE WORLD BANK
*   UPCOMING AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES
*   JOB VACANCIES  

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