Guyana and other Caribbean countries are closer to accessing funding to build new roads, bridges, ports and other vital infrastructure under the United Kingdom’s Caribbean Infrastructure (UKCIF) Programme.
A release on Monday from the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) said that the UKCIF was ratified on March 9th by the Board of the CDB, paving the way for implementation of the programme.
The UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) will provide up to £300m in grant financing from January 2016 to March 2020 to Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Montserrat.
“As a founding member of the CDB, the UK has worked hand in hand to chart the future of the region,
