Presentación (inglés) de Luther St. Ville (Caribbean Development Bank) en el marco del Eleventh regional planners forum on agriculture and Symposium on innovation systems for sustainable agriculture and rural development, realizado en Barbados del 13 al 15 de septiembre de 2017.

1. Portfolio of Services to
Support Innovations in
Agriculture
Presented by: Luther St. Ville

2. • To contribute to the harmonious
economic growth and development of
member countries in the Caribbean
• To promote economic cooperation
and integration among them, having
special and urgent regard to the
needs of the less developed
members of the Region.
Purpose

3. Regional
Members
Borrowing
Member
Countries
• Anguilla
• Antigua and Barbuda
• Bahamas, The
• Barbados
• Belize
• British Virgin Islands
• Cayman Islands
• Dominica
• Grenada
• Guyana
• Haiti
• Jamaica
• Montserrat
• St. Kitts and Nevis
• St. Lucia
• St. Vincent & The
Grenadines
• Suriname
• Trinidad and Tobago
• Turks and Caicos Islands

4. CDB Non-
Borrowing
Members
REGIONAL MEMBERS:
- Columbia
- Mexico
- Venezuela
NON-REGIONAL MEMBERS:
- Canada
- China
- Germany
- Italy
- United Kingdom

5. SOURCES
OF FUNDING
1. OCR – Ordinary Capital Resources
2. SFR - Special Funds Resources –
concessionary resources

6. Intervention
Modalities
1. Direct Financing
2. Indirect Financing:
- National Development Banks
- Private Commercial and Merchant
Banks

7. Areas of
Intervention
• Agriculture and Rural Development
• Water and Sanitation
• Private Sector Development,
Innovation and Creative Industries
• Sustainable Energy (RE and EE)
• Regional Cooperation and Integration

8. Application
a) Public Sector/Regional Institutions
- letter of request for funding
b) Private Sector
- loan application form - basic legal and
financial data for preliminary screening,
eligibility assessment

9. Intervention
Modalities
Technical Assistance Grants
Designed to assist BMC’s in accelerating
economic development through planning,
programme development and implementation and
institutional support.

10. Evaluation
System
Strategic Relevance
Conforms to the development strategy of the
BMC and meets CDB’s strategic objectives and
corporate priorities.

11. Evaluation
System
Poverty Relevance
• Enhances the capability of the poor by
equipping them to take advantage of economic
opportunities; and
• Prevents the poor from descending deeper
into poverty.

12. Trust
Funds
• 10th European Union (EU) Economic
Partnership Agreement Standby Facility
for Capacity Building
- Benefited – 15 Countries - 2 projects per
country
Similar facility under 11th EDF?

13. Trust
Funds
• Community Disaster Risk Reduction Fund
(CDRRF)
• Compete Caribbean – IDB, DFID, DFATD
and CDB

14. Caribbean
Technology
Consultancy
Services
(CTCS)
Network
(since 1982)
• Advisory Services
• National and Regional Training Workshops
• Training Attachments
• Technical Publications

15. Recent
CDB
Projects
• Strengthening Food Safety Management
Systems – Grenada
• Development of an Evidence-Based, Gender
Equitable Framework for Climate Smart
Agriculture – Guyana
• Caribbean Agriculture Sector Review and
Development of CDB’s Agriculture Sector
Policy

16. Recent
CDB
Projects
• Essex Valley Agriculture Development Project
- Irrigation System – 700 Hectares
- Photovoltaic System – 3.1 MW
• Development of an Integrated Disease
Management Programme for Black Sigatoka
Disease
• Cassava Industry – Market Assessment and
Technology Validation

17. SUMMARY
• Ministry of Finance and/or planning – main
CDB interlocutor in BMCs
• Provides support to the agriculture sector –
directly and indirectly
• Increase Partnership with Regional Institutions
• Limited Grant Financing – Need to be
Strategic

18. CONTACT
INFORMATION
• Telephone No.:
(246) 431 1600
• Website:
http://www.caribank.org
• E-mail address:
info@caribank.org