World Bank Returns to the Cat Bond Market Providing Financial Protection to JamaicaWashington D.C., April 25, 2024 - The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD, AAA ...

The demonetization took effect April 1. The Bank of Jamaica has demonetized its old cotton banknotes, including the $5,000, $1,000, $500, $100, and $50 denominations. This action is a form of ...

The Government of Jamaica (GOJ), the Development Bank of Jamaica, the Green Climate Fund (GCF), Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the World Bank Group, European Investment Bank as part of Team ...

Kingston, Jamaica, November 20, 2023: The Government of Jamaica and the World Bank have signed a $30 Million agreement aimed at improving teaching practices, inclusiveness, learning conditions and ...

Bank of Jamaica deputy governor Natalie Haynes similarly acknowledged that merchants simply were not interested in taking on another payment system. This problem is not unique to the Caribbean.