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Pandemic Lesson: Health Care Systems Need Significant Investment Starting at the Primary Level

Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor, ECCB

Photo by Sam Moqadam on Unsplash

Key Messages

A high quality primary health care (PHC) service will reduce inequities; increase labour market participation; reduce costs; save foreign exchange; improve public health systems; and, ultimately,… Read more >>

Food and Nutrition Security: An Essential Element of Caribbean Resilience

Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor, ECCB

Photo by Martina Regis

Key Messages

Already one of the sickest regions per capita in the world, the pandemic is exacerbating food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean. Food and nutrition security helps build resilience by promoting a… Read more >>

Another Lesson from the COVID-19 Pandemic: Fiscal Buffers are Essential

Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor, ECCB

Photo by Konstantin Evdokimov on Unsplash

Key Messages:

Exogenous shocks, such as the current pandemic, can lead to dramatic reversals in the socio-economic fortunes of the people of the Caribbean with far-reaching consequences. Fiscal buffers… Read more >>

Building a Digital Economy in the ECCU

Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor, ECCB

Key Messages:

Connectivity and digital tools have been a lifeline throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Digital transformation is essential to the recovery, resilience and transformation of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union. The future of… Read more >>

The ECCB’s Digital Currency (DCash) is a Critical Step in the Buildout of a Digital Economy in the ECCU

Timothy N.J. Antoine, Governor, ECCB

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The transformation of the economies of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union requires innovation. DCash is a major innovation. As a faster, cheaper and safer alternative to physical cash and other payment options, DCash offers a… Read more >>

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