Inclusive growth that generates jobs and opportunities for all citizens in T&T, will be the centre of a high-level national conference at the Hyatt Regency in Port-of-Spain.The conference, an initiative of the Ministry of Planning and Sustainable Development in collaboration with the Caribbean Growth Forum (CGF), is the launch of a two-year regional platform for dialogue to foster higher levels of economic growth with opportunities for all in the Caribbean.
The CGF is a partnership between the World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and Compete Caribbean, with support from the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). The CGF builds on existing partnerships and involves stakeholders from the public and private sectors, academia and civil society, as well as the Caribbean Diaspora.
The CGF event in T&T follows the launch of local chapters in the Dominican Republic, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, St Kitts and Nevis, Suriname, Dominica, The Bahamas and Jamaica over the past five months.The first phase will be completed at the end of this year with the production of an action plan by each of the 15 Caribbean countries participating. The plans will include concrete policy recommendations that will then be implemented by each country.