Jennifer Patterson

🔴 Streaming live tomorrow | May 6 Day 2 of the Regional High-Level Forum for the Caribbean 🌎 Focus on trade logistics, data, and regional coordination, with the Caribbean Development Bank and partners. Hosted by the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, in partnership with the @WTO, @World Bank Group, and @CARICOMorg. Follow live from 9am AT ⏩ bit.ly/TradeTurningPo… #OurCDB #OurCaribbean #Trade #EconomicDevelopment

Grenada’s geothermal programme is entering a decisive phase. 🇬🇩⚡ The Caribbean Development Bank is advancing geothermal exploration at Mount St. Catherine with an expanded drilling campaign designed to generate the critical data 📊 needed for investment decisions and long-term energy planning. With support from global partners 🤝and advanced drilling technology⚙️, this phase will determine the viability of geothermal power – unlocking a pathway to energy security, reduced fuel imports, and sustainable growth. Read the full press release 🔗: bit.ly/42hbwww #Geothermal #RenewableEnergy #ClimateAction #OurCaribbean #OurCDB

🏘️Safer homes. Stronger communities. A more resilient Caribbean. 🛠️Caribbean leaders have launched a roadmap towards a regional strategy to retrofit homes, helping communities better withstand hurricanes, flooding and other climate risks. 🤝Led by @caribank and @the_IDB, this initiative will support 15 countries by: ✅ Expanding access to financing and technical support ✅ Strengthening housing standards across the region ✅ Protecting millions of households from climate impacts 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/FQUc50YTyBY #OurCDB #OurCaribbean #ResilientCaribbean #ClimateAction

At the #FiCSG7 Special Event in Paris 🇫🇷 this week, President @DanielBestCDB shared how the Bank is applying innovative financial instruments to help reshape development finance in the Caribbean — expanding lending capacity, managing risk, and strengthening climate resilience.🌎 Highlights include: ✅ A landmark US$450M Exposure Exchange Agreement ✅ New guarantee structures ✅ Innovative debt-for-resilience solutions All designed to lower the cost of capital for our Borrowing Member Countries. Learn more🔗 bit.ly/3QGONHH #FinanceinCommon #DevelopmentFinance #ourCaribbean #ourCDB

💡Did you know our highway upgrade project in Belize 🇧🇿 reduces post storm travel times from days to just hours? 🛣️By linking the George Price Highway and the Hummingbird Highway, the Sixth Road (Coastal Highway Upgrading) Project improves national connectivity through better road design and bridges. 🤝It's co-financed by @UKinCaribbean and implemented by @caribank and the Government of Belize 🇧🇿 under #UKCIF to deliver critical climate resilient infrastructure. 🔗Details: ow.ly/qQjy50YTxk1 #OurCDB #OurCaribbean #ClimateResilience #UKCaribbeanPartnership

The @Caribank proudly welcomes Mrs. Gillian Charles Gollop as Vice President, Corporate Services, effective May 1, 2026. With more than three decades of senior leadership experience, the Saint Lucia national brings exceptional strategic insight, deep financial expertise, and a strong commitment to sustainability and institutional excellence. Her appointment strengthens CDB’s senior leadership team at a pivotal moment as we continue to enhance our operations and deliver greater development impact across the region. We are pleased to have Gillian join the CDB family. As President @DanielBestCDB put it, “Gillian brings the calibre of leadership and experience that will help position CDB for the next phase of institutional growth and regional impact. Her contribution will support a strong, responsive institution focused on delivering tangible development outcomes for the region.” Read more 🔗ow.ly/ISlc50YT7IU #OurCDB #CaribbeanDevelopment #Leadership #SustainableDevelopment #InstitutionalExcellence

🚧 Did you know that 75% of Antigua and Barbuda’s population relies on the Sir George Walter Highway and Friars Hill Road every day? 🇦🇬 🛣️ Supported by the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund (UKCIF), the country's Road Infrastructure Rehabilitation project has improved connectivity and created new economic opportunities. 🤝The project is a collaboration among @UKinCaribbean 🇬🇧, @caribank, and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇬 🔗 Details: ow.ly/Y2zn50YRYui #OurCDB #OurCaribbean #ClimateResilience #UKCaribbeanPartnership #UKCIF

Every day, our Administrative Professionals show up with purpose, passion, and pride—supporting our people, strengthening our systems, and keeping the Bank moving forward. This is their story, because their impact is felt every day. 💙 Thank you for all that you do. #OurCDB #CelebratingAdministrativeProfessions #ExcellenceEveryDay

📉🌎 Caribbean growth slowed in 2025 as global uncertainty, climate shocks, and structural challenges weighed on the region. CDB’s new Caribbean Economic Review and Outlook 2025-2026 highlights the need for stronger institutions, faster reforms, and greater resilience. 📄 Read more: bit.ly/4vOsVdt 📘 Full report: bit.ly/4d3rd0l #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #CaribbeanEconomy # #EconomicOutlook

🌱 Transforming agriculture. Strengthening food security. Powering rural growth. 🇯🇲 Celebrating @moafjm's new Essex Valley Agro‑Processing Facility in St. Elizabeth – a game‑changer for farmers. Backed by @caribank & @UKinCaribbean under #UKCIF. 🎥👇 #OurCDB #OurCaribbean #Jamaica #FoodSecurity #RuralDevelopment #ClimateResilience

📢Good news for #CDEMA and regional disaster risk management🌍 The Caribbean Development Bank has approved an EU-backed USD346,000 technical assistance grant to support a comprehensive institutional assessment of CDEMA, to strengthen the Agency’s capacity to coordinate disaster risk management across the Caribbean. Funded under the European Union’s Caribbean Action for Resilience Enhancement (CARE) Programme, this support will help ensure CDEMA is well-positioned to meet the Region’s growing climate and disaster challenges now and in the future. 💡Learn more 👉ow.ly/oi8x50YLcWQ #OurCDB #EU #CaribbeanResilience #DisasterRiskManagement #Institutions

🌎🤝 The Caribbean Development Bank has joined fellow MDBs in a new collaboration to improve how we measure the impact of investments on job creation and workers’ earnings. More and better jobs mean stronger communities, reduced poverty, and improved livelihoods. 💼✨ Read the full joint statement 🔗 bit.ly/4trGUV1 #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #JobCreation #Partnerships #MDBs @AfDB_Group @ADB_HQ @AIIB_Official @Caribank @COEbanknews @EBRD @EIB @the_IDB @ISDB_Group @NDB_int @WorldBankGroup

🚀 CDB is boosting MSME growth in Barbados with a US$560K grant to improve access to finance! 💼 New systems will allow businesses to use assets as collateral – unlocking opportunity & innovation. 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/4cuY4K9 #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #PrivateSector #Barbados #MSMEs

🌱 We’re proud to support a stronger future for Jamaican farmers! 🇯🇲 @caribank has approved an additional US$12 million to secure the completion of #Jamaica’s Southern Plains Agricultural Development (SPAD) Project, expanding access to modern irrigation, improved farm infrastructure and climate‑smart practices. 📈 The investment will help boost food security, strengthen value chains and support farmers to compete in a changing climate. 👉 Read more: ow.ly/775m50YHtxT cc: @moafjm #OurCDB #OurCarbbean #Jamaica #UKCIF #Agriculture #FoodSecurity #ClimateResilience

🌱 🇬🇾 Exciting news for #Guyana! We’ve approved US$50 million for the country’s Second Environmental Policy-Based Loan, strengthening #climateresilience, biodiversity management and sustainable water systems. 🌊 🔗Find out more: ow.ly/WlA750YCIu4 cc: @dpiguyana #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #Guyana #ClimateAction #EnvironmentalSustainability #ResilientCaribbean

📊 Advancing Risk Innovation Through Knowledge Sharing #ICYMI ... CDB was pleased to contribute technically to the 6th Annual BRIM Conference which was held on March 26–27, 2026 in Barbados. Through our presentation and active participation, we reinforced the Bank’s role as a regional thought leader in Risk Management and Development Finance. 🌟A highlight of the Bank’s engagement was a presentation on “How Multilateral Development Bank Balance Sheets Are Being Optimised to Support Resilient Development.” The session focused on the purpose and importance of balance sheet optimisation as a strategic risk management tool, enabling greater lending capacity, improved capital efficiency, and sustained support for Borrowing Member Countries amid fiscal, economic and climate uncertainty. The presentation shared CDB’s applied and planned use of key instruments, including Exposure Exchange Agreements, Portfolio Credit Guarantees, Contingent Capital Facilities, and Private Sector Credit Insurance, demonstrating how risks can be shared and redistributed without compromising credit strength or requiring new paid-in capital. 💡Through forums like BRIM, CDB continues to advance its knowledge-sharing thrust, helping to deepen regional understanding of modern risk management approaches that support resilient and sustainable development. 📌Explore CDB’s work in knowledge-sharing and innovation in Risk Management. 👉ow.ly/NIZZ50YBZ1s #OurCDB #RiskManagement #RiskInnovation #DevelopmentFinance #CaribbeanDevelopment #CaribbeanLeadership

🌟 Investing in Youth, Shaping the Region’s Future The Caribbean Development Bank is proud to have facilitated meaningful youth participation at the 6th Annual Barbados Risk & Insurance Management (BRIM) Conference, held March 26–27, 2026, through its sponsorship of the event. By supporting youth attendance, CDB ensured that young voices were actively included in regional conversations on risk, insurance, and global business, areas critical to the Caribbean’s sustainable development. Six young participants, representing the Bank’s Future Leaders Network, the Global Partnership for Education, the Barbados National Student Council, and secondary and tertiary institutions, were given the opportunity to engage directly with industry professionals, policymakers, and technical experts. Their participation enabled them to gain practical insights into risk and insurance management while sharing fresh perspectives on the challenges and opportunities facing the region. This initiative strongly reflects CDB’s Youth Development thrust, with youth now a major operational focus for the Bank under its new 10-Year Strategic Plan. By deliberately creating pathways for learning, exposure, and leadership development, CDB is investing in the next generation of Caribbean professionals, building capacity, fostering innovation, and supporting inclusive development across the Region. 📌To learn more about our plans for Youth Development see our Strategic Plan 2026-2035. 👉ow.ly/sZpx50YBXXL #OurCDB #YouthDevelopment #FutureLeaders #BRIM2026 #RiskManagement

💡What becomes possible when we work together? 🏆Stronger partnership. Greater impact. A shared vision for progress. 🤝@caribank and the Government of #TrinidadandTobago are strengthening collaboration to accelerate high-impact development. 🇹🇹 📈CDB’s Mr. Alexander Augustine, Portfolio Manager, Economic Infrastructure Division, and Trinidad and Tobago’s Dr. The Honourable Kennedy Swaratsingh, Minister of Planning, Economic Affairs and Development, @PlanningTT, reiterated a joint commitment to transformative sustainable growth and meaningful results. 🔗Find out more: ow.ly/JZq750YBZJv #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #PartnershipsThatDeliver #DrivingProgress

📢The Caribbean Development Bank’s Office of Independent Evaluation (OIE) has officially launched Caribbean Evaluation Space 2026 (#CEvalSpace2026)! Happening September 1-3, 2026, CEvalSpace 2026 will bring together evaluation experts, development professionals, policymakers, academics, and partners to strengthen how evidence and evaluation are used to drive development effectiveness across the Caribbean. In a time of growing economic, social, and climate-related challenges, independent evaluation and credible evidence are essential tools for improving decision making, enhancing accountability, and ensuring meaningful development impact. 📌CEvalSpace 2026 will serve as a dynamic platform for collaboration, learning, and innovative thinking, helping to advance robust evaluation systems across the region. 📅 Save the date and stay tuned for more updates in the months ahead. 🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/U0Re50YBwtS #CEvalSpace2026 #Evaluation #CaribbeanDevelopment #EvidenceForImpact #ourCDB

The Caribbean Development Bank has approved a US$10M line of credit to Development Finance Limited to support SMEs in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago 🇹🇹 Boosting jobs, growth & sustainability 🌱 🔗 Read more: bit.ly/47xV7H4 #ourCDB #ourCaribbean #SMEs #PrivateSector #ClimateAction