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Teleworking is not working for the poor, the young, and the women ineguality

Teleworking is not working for the poor, the young, and the women

Caribnews July 10, 2020

By Mariya Brussevich, Era Dabla-Norris, and Salma Khalid The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating labor markets across the world. Tens of...

Re-thinking CARICOM development model after COVID-19 ronald_sanders (1)

Re-thinking CARICOM development model after COVID-19

Caribnews July 9, 2020

By Sir Ronald Sanders Governments around the world, including in Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, have emerged as...

Post-election chaos could threaten long-awaited oil windfall in Guyana David-E.-Lewis-left-Anthony-T.-Bryan

Post-election chaos could threaten long-awaited oil windfall in Guyana

Caribnews July 9, 2020

By David E. Lewis and Anthony T. Bryan At the end of last year, the tiny South...

OAS – Ecuador join forces to advance the digitization of MSMEs Rosi_Prado_Holguin

OAS – Ecuador join forces to advance the digitization of MSMEs

Caribnews July 9, 2020

WASHINGTON, USA – The government of Ecuador and the Organization of American States (OAS) signed a cooperation...

Made-in-Ontario plan for growth, renewal and economic recovery dougford_0

Made-in-Ontario plan for growth, renewal and economic recovery

Caribnews July 9, 2020

By Caribbean News Global TORONTO, Canada — The Ontario government is taking the first step in a...

St Lucia’s PM to present economic recovery and resilience plan Allen+Chastanet

St Lucia’s PM to present economic recovery and resilience plan

Caribnews July 9, 2020

By Caribbean News Global contributor CASTRIES, St Lucia – On Sunday, July 12, at 08:00 pm the...

Africa’s growth stands to rebound, says African economic outlook 2020 supplement africa_outlook

Africa’s growth stands to rebound, says African economic outlook 2020 supplement

Caribnews July 8, 2020

COTE D’LVOIRE, West Africa – Africa’s economic growth could rebound in 2021, provided that governments manage the...

Economic fallout from COVID-19 more acute, says regional finance minister Camillo Gonsalves

Economic fallout from COVID-19 more acute, says regional finance minister

Caribnews July 8, 2020

By Caribbean News Global contributor KINGSTOWN, St Vincent — On April 7, 2020, the House of Assembly...

IDB – The GovLab launch smarter crowdsourcing in the age of coronavirus coronavirus_logo

IDB – The GovLab launch smarter crowdsourcing in the age of coronavirus

Caribnews July 8, 2020

NEW YORK, USA – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) together with The Governance Lab (The GovLab) at New...

Digital financial inclusion in the times of COVID-19 digi_fin

Digital financial inclusion in the times of COVID-19

Caribnews July 7, 2020

By Ulric Eriksson von Allmen, Purva Khera, Sumiko Ogawa, and Ratna Sahay The COVID-19 pandemic could be a game-changer for digital...