Caribbean
CAF and the Caribbean
CAF established a Regional Office for the Caribbean to provide development assistance to Caribbean countries as well as strengthen coordination with regional integration mechanisms, notably the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and others.
USD 181
Barbados´ Portfolio in USD million
USD 413
Dominican Republic´s Portoflio in USD million
USD 1217
TTO´s Portfolio in USD million
Caribbean at a glance
Countries
Barbados
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominican Republic
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Population
44,42 million
Curencies
Barbadian dollar, Dominican peso, Jamaican dollar, Trinidad and Tobago dollar
Area
239,681 km²
New Business Hub in T&T
CAF has two business hubs, one in Panama and another in Uruguay. The hub in T&T will house CAF’s technical teams for:
CAF Green Agenda
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Lines of strategic support for the energy sector:
- Improve transmission and distribution systems
- Increase in generation capacity
- Energy efficiency programs
- Support for isolated areas
- Develop a new hydrogen energy vector
- Reduction of methane emissions
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Activities for disaster risk reduction
- Promote the construction, expansion and rehabilitation of hydraulic infrastructure, both traditional and nature-based solutions
- Support the development of early warning systems
- Promote the development of national strategies to strengthen national and local coordination and public awareness on disaster risk reduction, especially droughts and floods
- Contribute to identifying flood zones
- Promote the use of geo-spatial information
