CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK TO HOLD ANNUAL MEETING IN GUYANA

Saint Michael, Barbados, April 3- The forty-fourth Annual Meeting of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Board of Governors will take place in Georgetown, Guyana on May 28 and 29, 2014.

The meeting will bring together economic leaders from the Bank’s 27 member countries to discuss the development needs of the Caribbean and the role of CDB in assisting the Region to address such challenges.

During the event, CDB will release its annual report which provides an overview of the Region’s economic development and sector performance.

The Bank will also host a number of seminars to discuss a range of topics of relevance to the socio-economic development of Caribbean Region.

Seminar topics include, Agriculture and Climate Change, Public Private Partnerships in the Caribbean, Transitioning to a Green Economy and Mainstreaming Multidimensional Approach to Poverty Assessment.

The Annual Meeting will be preceded by the 2014 VYBZING Youth Forum from May 21-23, 2014 under the banner, ‘Youth Voices for Climate Change,’ and the Fifteenth Annual William G. Demas Memorial Lecture on May 27, 2014.

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