President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Gene Leon is calling for urgent improvement in the region’s air, sea and land infrastructure in order to maximise economic development.He issued the call while pointing to the need for increased investment in and development of the region’s digital infrastructure and acknowledging that the development needed would require both public and private sector involvement.“As a matter of urgency, the region must improve infrastructure for air, marine, and road transportation to maximise opportunities for production as well as global and intra-regional trade in goods and services. Governments cannot do it [alone], we need partnerships because if it is done it will redound to the benefit of all,” said Leon.“Air and sea transportation are vital for creating and sustaining business activities through the movement of people, goods, and services intra-regionally and between the region and extra-regional destinations. Our transportation network in the region is still quite fragmented and there is a need to build greater complementarity between the air, sea, and land infrastructure to support our development thrust,” he said.
