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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen at the IMF headquarters building during the 2013 Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) - RTXYQYK
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) logo is seen at the IMF headquarters building during the 2013 Spring Meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Washington, April 18, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas (UNITED STATES – Tags: POLITICS BUSINESS) – RTXYQYK

IMF agrees $293 mln financing for Barbados, first deal under new trust fund

WASHINGTON,  (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said today that its staff has agreed on some $293 million in new financing for Barbados, including $183 million via a new trust fund created to help vulnerable middle-income and island countries.

Michael Howard

Professor issues warning on gang violence in Barbados

(Barbados Nation) With the winter tourist season just two months away, one economist is warning that Barbados cannot afford to have gun violence derail what he believes will be a make-or-break season in terms of the country’s economic recovery.

Two Barbadian licensees get medicinal cannabis licences

(Barbados Nation) – Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Barbados Medicinal Cannabis Licensing Authority (BMCLA), Senator Shanika Roberts-Odle said the approval of its first nine licences to two Barbadian licensees was a great step for the island’s entrance into the sector.

Barbados AG: No quick fix to gun crime

(Barbados Nation) – Attorney General Dale Marshall says there is no immediate fix to the gun-related crime in Barbados and stressed that national public safety is everyone’s responsibility.

IMF Head praises Barbados performance

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is being held aloft as proof that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is no longer the institution that pushes countries into economic reforms at the expense of pain and social dislocation.

Kristalina Georgieva

IMF Head praises Barbados performance

(Barbados Nation) Barbados is being held aloft as proof that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is no longer the institution that pushes countries into economic reforms at the expense of pain and social dislocation.

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