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‘Projected growth for region still inadequate’ - Barbados Today

The nine per cent growth forecast for Caribbean countries has been described as “subpar” and “inadequate” by President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Hyginus Gene Leon. Speaking during the CDB’s annual news conference on Tuesday morning, he maintained that the predicted growth was simply not enough, even though countries were still recovering from […]

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