The Caribbean may not, after all, be excluded from the mix when key international organizations and heavy hitters in the global business community begin to seriously zero in on post-COVID recovery targeting countries that are is developing, according to a Caribbean Business Report disclosure made earlier this year. a week.
The report refers to an emerging collaboration between the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and a coalition of forty “global corporate executives” described as one of “global companies and the world’s most innovative regional government “with the aim of launching” a historic partnership in assisting the recovery of Latin America and the Caribbean in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. ”
Although there are clear indications (the global vaccination frenzy notwithstanding) the pandemic may still be close to spending itself, what the report describes as “a historic partnership for Caribbean recovery ”Is driven by an undertaking given by the business leaders to work as a coalition in three areas that they see as“ vital to post-pandemic economic recovery, ”namely,“ empowering women, accelerating digitalization, and strengthening regional value chains . ”