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.
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.
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: IDBBarbados@iadb.org
The IDB Group Country Strategy with Barbados for the 2019-2023 period focuses on three key areas:
- Promoting fiscal sustainability and enhancing public sector efficiency.
- Safeguarding social outcomes
- Fostering higher productivity and competitiveness to boost the country’s growth potential.
The strategy will integrate crosscutting issues such as climate change and natural disaster risk management, gender equality, and institutional strengthening into all initiatives. Additionally, urban management and health are focal points of dialogue within the strategy.
Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.
| Project Number | Sector | Subsector | Project Title | Financing | Project Status | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA-T1128 | ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS | INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT | Support for Strengthening the Barbados Disaster Risk Management Public Policy Framework | 940,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-T1134 | REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE | FISCAL POLICY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH | Fiscal Policy Support for Sustainable Green Growth | 400,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-T1132 | OTHER | OTHER | Action Plan C&D | 286,271.00 | Implementation | Jan. 6, 2025 |
| BA-G1008 | WATER AND SANITATION | SANITATION URBAN | Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project | 40,000,000.00 | Implementation | Feb. 13, 2025 |
| BA-L1064 | PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT | SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE | Global Credit Program for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) | - | Preparation | |
| BA-T1104 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY | Support to social policies in Barbados | 135,000.00 | Implementation | Dec. 6, 2023 |
| BA-T1109 | ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS | COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT | Support Implementation of Climate-resilient and Sustainable Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Public Policy in Barbados | 1,300,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-L1065 | WATER AND SANITATION | SANITATION URBAN | Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project | 30,000,000.00 | Implementation | Feb. 13, 2025 |
- Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 940,000.00
- Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 400,000.00
- Sector: OTHER
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Jan. 6, 2025
- Financing: 286,271.00
- Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Feb. 13, 2025
- Financing: 40,000,000.00
- Sector: PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: -
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Dec. 6, 2023
- Financing: 135,000.00
- Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 1,300,000.00
- Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Feb. 13, 2025
- Financing: 30,000,000.00
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.
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: IDBBarbados@iadb.org
The IDB Group Country Strategy with Barbados for the 2019-2023 period focuses on three key areas:
- Promoting fiscal sustainability and enhancing public sector efficiency.
- Safeguarding social outcomes
- Fostering higher productivity and competitiveness to boost the country’s growth potential.
The strategy will integrate crosscutting issues such as climate change and natural disaster risk management, gender equality, and institutional strengthening into all initiatives. Additionally, urban management and health are focal points of dialogue within the strategy.
Country strategies remain valid for one year beyond the stated period, as they remain active throughout the preparation of the following strategy.
| Project Number | Sector | Subsector | Project Title | Financing | Project Status | Approval Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BA-T1128 | ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS | INTEGRATED DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT | Support for Strengthening the Barbados Disaster Risk Management Public Policy Framework | 940,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-T1134 | REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE | FISCAL POLICY FOR SUSTAINABILITY AND GROWTH | Fiscal Policy Support for Sustainable Green Growth | 400,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-T1132 | OTHER | OTHER | Action Plan C&D | 286,271.00 | Implementation | Jan. 6, 2025 |
| BA-G1008 | WATER AND SANITATION | SANITATION URBAN | Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project | 40,000,000.00 | Implementation | Feb. 13, 2025 |
| BA-L1064 | PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT | SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISE | Global Credit Program for Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) | - | Preparation | |
| BA-T1104 | SOCIAL INVESTMENT | PENSIONS & SOCIAL SECURITY | Support to social policies in Barbados | 135,000.00 | Implementation | Dec. 6, 2023 |
| BA-T1109 | ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS | COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT | Support Implementation of Climate-resilient and Sustainable Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Public Policy in Barbados | 1,300,000.00 | Preparation | |
| BA-L1065 | WATER AND SANITATION | SANITATION URBAN | Barbados Climate Resilient South Coast Water Reclamation Project | 30,000,000.00 | Implementation | Feb. 13, 2025 |
- Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 940,000.00
- Sector: REFORM / MODERNIZATION OF THE STATE
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 400,000.00
- Sector: OTHER
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Jan. 6, 2025
- Financing: 286,271.00
- Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Feb. 13, 2025
- Financing: 40,000,000.00
- Sector: PRIVATE FIRMS AND SME DEVELOPMENT
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: -
- Sector: SOCIAL INVESTMENT
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Dec. 6, 2023
- Financing: 135,000.00
- Sector: ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL DISASTERS
- Project Status: Preparation
- Approval Date:
- Financing: 1,300,000.00
- Sector: WATER AND SANITATION
- Project Status: Implementation
- Approval Date: Feb. 13, 2025
- Financing: 30,000,000.00
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