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Barbados

The IDB Country Office of Barbados is supporting the country’s goal of fully transitioning to renewable energy while fostering fiscal sustainability, safeguarding social outcomes, and promoting higher productivity and competitiveness to enhance the country’s growth potential.

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Portrait of Carina Cockburn, IDB Country Representative for Barbados
Carina Cockburn
IDB Country Representative in Barbados
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) operates in Barbados through appointed governors who represent the country on the Board of Governors

For daily operations at the Bank's Washington, D.C. headquarters, Barbados shares a chair on the Board of Executive Directors with Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. This chair is led by an executive director elected to a three-year term by the governors of these countries.

Barbados' representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Navita Anganu

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Quinton Charles Lamont Lightbourne

ELECTED BY: Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

Total Contribution: 3,976,690

Number of votes: 19,441

of the institution's ownership

Address: "Hythe" Welches Maxwell Main Road BB17068

Christ Church Barbados
 

P.O. Box 402 Bridgetown BB11000

Barbados
 

Phone number: (1-246) 627-8500

E-mail:  [email protected]
 

IDB and Caribbean Governors Discuss Reforms and Initiatives for Impact and Scale
Governors agree on next steps for ONE Caribbean regional integration program. NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held its XIII Annual Consultation with the governors of Caribbean member countries on February 2-3 in Nassau, The Bahamas. The gathering was part of...
Barbados to Strengthen Social Policies System with IDB Support
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$100 million project to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of social policies and ensure the sustainability of social security in Barbados.  The program, approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, also aims to improve the...
IDB Launches a TechLab to Strengthen Caribbean Digital Growth and Innovation
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) inaugurates a new emerging technology laboratory hub for the Caribbean, TechLab, in Trinidad and Tobago. This initiative aims to advance the region’s digital transformation agenda, fostering innovation and sustainable growth.
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Jun 10, 2025
The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
Jun 11, 2025
Webinar 1: Territorial Reconversion
06:00 AM - 07:30 AM
Jun 11, 2025
Direito de reclamar: Mecanismos de reclamação sobre projetos com financiamento internacional
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Brazil - Otro
Coastal development and conservation in Barbados
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Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Barbados (NDC) 2021
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Partnering for a Resilient Caribbean
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The work of the Inter-American Development Bank in Barbados: development with impact
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Axes for an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive regional integration in the Americas
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Urban development: from emerging to sustainable cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
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What does it mean to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean? Development with impact
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Strategy and Projects

The IDB country strategy with Barbados for the 2025-2030 period aims to accelerate progress towards inclusive growth and resilience. The strategy is structured around three pillars that are mutually reinforcing:

  1. Further revitalize the economy and promote inclusive sustainable growth.
  2. Enhance social resilience to thrive in a changing world.
  3. Build climate resilience and promote energy transformation.

While the first pillar focuses on unlocking economic growth through higher productivity, the second and third pillars aim to build resilience. Increased resilience enhances the ability to withstand shocks, thereby mitigating the impact of economic downturns. 

In addition, the country strategy includes three cross-cutting themes to be mainstreamed in the interventions, which are promoting gender equality and diversity, boosting innovation, and strengthening institutional capacity.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

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IDB Group Country Strategy with Barbados 2025-2030
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Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BA-L1068 ENERGY LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES Energy Storage and Capacity Strengthening Program - Preparation
TC7407069 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE MANAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPMENT RESULTS Strengthen., Department of Planning 78,500.00 Closed Jul. 25, 1974
TC8702426 URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING NEIGHBORHOOD UPGRADING Co's Coop, Training in Mobile Markets 11,000.00 Closed Apr. 8, 1987
TC9706394 EDUCATION EDUCATION Support Education Sector Enhancement Program 30,000.00 Closed Jul. 18, 1997
TC7709085 ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT Preparation of a Financing Project 140,000.00 Closed Mar. 17, 1983
TC9005407 - - Highway Transportation Plan 28,000.00 Closed Nov. 2, 1990
TC8101131 WATER AND SANITATION WATER AND SANITATION Studies of Feasibility, Sewerage Systems 1,604,000.00 Closed Jul. 29, 1981
TC9206328 REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE REFORM AND PUBLIC SECTOR SUPPORT Inst.streng.of Bureau of Women's Affairs 720,000.00 Closed Aug. 11, 1993
BA-L1068 Energy Storage and Capacity Strengthening Program
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
TC7407069 Strengthen., Department of Planning
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 25, 1974
  • Financing: 78,500.00
TC8702426 Co's Coop, Training in Mobile Markets
  • Sector: URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND HOUSING
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Apr. 8, 1987
  • Financing: 11,000.00
TC9706394 Support Education Sector Enhancement Program
  • Sector: EDUCATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 18, 1997
  • Financing: 30,000.00
TC7709085 Preparation of a Financing Project
  • Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Mar. 17, 1983
  • Financing: 140,000.00
TC9005407 Highway Transportation Plan
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Nov. 2, 1990
  • Financing: 28,000.00
TC8101131 Studies of Feasibility, Sewerage Systems
  • Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 29, 1981
  • Financing: 1,604,000.00
TC9206328 Inst.streng.of Bureau of Women's Affairs
  • Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Aug. 11, 1993
  • Financing: 720,000.00
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Country Office
Portrait of Carina Cockburn, IDB Country Representative for Barbados
Carina Cockburn
IDB Country Representative in Barbados
[email protected]

 

Overview

 

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) operates in Barbados through appointed governors who represent the country on the Board of Governors

For daily operations at the Bank's Washington, D.C. headquarters, Barbados shares a chair on the Board of Executive Directors with Bahamas, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago. This chair is led by an executive director elected to a three-year term by the governors of these countries.

Barbados' representatives at the IDB

Executive Director: Navita Anganu

ALTERNATE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR(S):

  • Quinton Charles Lamont Lightbourne

ELECTED BY: Bahamas, Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago

Total Contribution: 3,976,690

Number of votes: 19,441

of the institution's ownership

Address: "Hythe" Welches Maxwell Main Road BB17068

Christ Church Barbados
 

P.O. Box 402 Bridgetown BB11000

Barbados
 

Phone number: (1-246) 627-8500

E-mail:  [email protected]
 

IDB and Caribbean Governors Discuss Reforms and Initiatives for Impact and Scale
Governors agree on next steps for ONE Caribbean regional integration program. NASSAU, The Bahamas – The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) held its XIII Annual Consultation with the governors of Caribbean member countries on February 2-3 in Nassau, The Bahamas. The gathering was part of...
Barbados to Strengthen Social Policies System with IDB Support
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has approved a US$100 million project to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of social policies and ensure the sustainability of social security in Barbados.  The program, approved by the IDB's Board of Executive Directors, also aims to improve the...
IDB Launches a TechLab to Strengthen Caribbean Digital Growth and Innovation
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) inaugurates a new emerging technology laboratory hub for the Caribbean, TechLab, in Trinidad and Tobago. This initiative aims to advance the region’s digital transformation agenda, fostering innovation and sustainable growth.
Be the first to find out about the IDB news in Barbados!
Subscribe
Jun 10, 2025
The Gains from Foreign Multinationals in an Economy with Distortions
08:30 AM - 10:00 AM
United States of America - Washington, D.C.
Jun 11, 2025
Webinar 1: Territorial Reconversion
06:00 AM - 07:30 AM
Jun 11, 2025
Direito de reclamar: Mecanismos de reclamação sobre projetos com financiamento internacional
07:00 AM - 08:00 AM
Brazil - Otro
Coastal development and conservation in Barbados
Learn More
Updated Nationally Determined Contribution of Barbados (NDC) 2021
Learn More
Partnering for a Resilient Caribbean
Learn More
The work of the Inter-American Development Bank in Barbados: development with impact
Learn More
Axes for an intelligent, sustainable and inclusive regional integration in the Americas
Learn More
Urban development: from emerging to sustainable cities in Latin America and the Caribbean
Learn More
What does it mean to improve lives in Latin America and the Caribbean? Development with impact
Learn More
Strategy and Projects

The IDB country strategy with Barbados for the 2025-2030 period aims to accelerate progress towards inclusive growth and resilience. The strategy is structured around three pillars that are mutually reinforcing:

  1. Further revitalize the economy and promote inclusive sustainable growth.
  2. Enhance social resilience to thrive in a changing world.
  3. Build climate resilience and promote energy transformation.

While the first pillar focuses on unlocking economic growth through higher productivity, the second and third pillars aim to build resilience. Increased resilience enhances the ability to withstand shocks, thereby mitigating the impact of economic downturns. 

In addition, the country strategy includes three cross-cutting themes to be mainstreamed in the interventions, which are promoting gender equality and diversity, boosting innovation, and strengthening institutional capacity.

Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.   

hands
IDB Group Country Strategy with Barbados 2025-2030
Download
Project Number Sector Subsector Project Title Financing Project Status Approval Date
BA-L1068 ENERGY LOW-CARBON ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES Energy Storage and Capacity Strengthening Program - Preparation
TC8101157 TRANSPORT TRANSPORT Strength., Ministry of Transport & Works 470,000.00 Closed Dec. 16, 1981
TC9301160 - - Ppf Ba0012: Investment Sector Program 150,000.00 Closed Jan. 29, 1993
TC7508015 HEALTH HEALTH SERVICES Health Services Studies 122,000.00 Closed Sep. 11, 1975
TC8904428 - - Inst.streng. of Coastal Conservation 500,000.00 Closed Jul. 12, 1989
TC9811038 SUSTAINABLE TOURISM SUSTAINABLE TOURISM Tourism Development Program 100,000.00 Closed Mar. 12, 1999
TC7806203 TRANSPORT SECONDARY ROADS Prefeas.of the Spring Garden Indust.park 459,000.00 Closed Jul. 13, 1978
TC9008138 - - Ppf: Education Programme - Stage III 137,000.00 Closed Mar. 22, 1991
BA-L1068 Energy Storage and Capacity Strengthening Program
  • Sector: ENERGY
  • Project Status: Preparation
  • Approval Date:
  • Financing: -
TC8101157 Strength., Ministry of Transport & Works
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Dec. 16, 1981
  • Financing: 470,000.00
TC9301160 Ppf Ba0012: Investment Sector Program
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jan. 29, 1993
  • Financing: 150,000.00
TC7508015 Health Services Studies
  • Sector: HEALTH
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Sep. 11, 1975
  • Financing: 122,000.00
TC8904428 Inst.streng. of Coastal Conservation
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 12, 1989
  • Financing: 500,000.00
TC9811038 Tourism Development Program
  • Sector: SUSTAINABLE TOURISM
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Mar. 12, 1999
  • Financing: 100,000.00
TC7806203 Prefeas.of the Spring Garden Indust.park
  • Sector: TRANSPORT
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Jul. 13, 1978
  • Financing: 459,000.00
TC9008138 Ppf: Education Programme - Stage III
  • Sector: -
  • Project Status: Closed
  • Approval Date: Mar. 22, 1991
  • Financing: 137,000.00
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