IDB Procurement Workshop

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IDB Procurement Workshop

• Country Division 6
• (English Speaking Caribbean and Suriname)
• April 8 and 9, 2003

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Current Situation

• Small domestic economies that depend heavily on
  export revenues and tourism growth
• Trade regimes that are being dismantled as a
  result of changing trade agreements

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Primary development challenge

• Generating substantially higher rates of
  sustainable broad-based economic growth

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Trends in Lending
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Trends in Lending

• Increased competitiveness
• Policy and institutional changes to support
  improved competitiveness
• Continuation of investments in infrastructure
  improvements
• Rationalization of traditional export practices
  (rice, sugar, etc.) and promotion of
  non-traditional exports
• Elimination of trade bottlenecks
• Improve enabling environment for private sector
  development

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Trends in Lending(cont)

• Improvement of social sectors
• Policy and institutional changes to improve
  service delivery
• Health
• Education
• Poverty alleviation

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Trends in Lending (cont)

• Improvements in environmental protection
• Land use practices
• Waste management
• Coastal zone management

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Trends in Lending (cont)

• Improvement in the workings of Governments
• Governance
• Financial management
• Public sector modernization

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Opportunities in the Caribbean
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Projects in Execution
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Projects in the Pipeline
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Barbados
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Bahamas
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Guyana
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Jamaica
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Suriname
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Trinidad and Tobago
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To find out more

• Contact the following Country Coordinators
• Barbados and Suriname
• Mr. Paulo Romero (paulor_at_iadb.org) tel.
  202-623-1555
• Trinidad and Tobago and The Bahamas
• Mr. Clark Sand (clarks_at_iadb.org) tel.
  202-623-2544
• Guyana
• Mr. Gabriel Castillo (gabrielc_at_iadb.org) tel.
  202-623-1855
• Jamaica
• Mr. Iwan Sewberath Misser (iwans_at_iadb.org) tel.
  202-623-1757

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