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458 <span property="schema:name" content="Bank History" class="hidden"></span> 459 460 461 462 <div> 463 464 465<div class="paragraph-list 466 page--padding-bottom"> 467 468 469 <div class="paragraph--margin-bottom--small paragraph paragraph--27 paragraph--type--cdb-overview-hero paragraph--view-mode--default"> 470 <div class="container"> 471 <h3 class="text-uppercase">OVERVIEW</h3> 472 473 474 475 <div class="field--wrap field--paragraph field--paragraph--default field--paragraph--field-cdb-description"><p>The Caribbean Development Bank is a regional financial institution, which was established by an Agreement signed on October 18, 1969, in Kingston, Jamaica, and entered into force on January 26, 1970. The Bank came into existence for the purpose of contributing to the harmonious economic growth and development of member countries in the Caribbean, and promoting economic cooperation and integration among them, having special and urgent regard to the needs of the less developed members of the Region. Read more in the <a alt="CDB Agreement Establishing" href="/publications-and-resources/resource-library/annual-reports/agreement-establishing-caribbean-development-bank" target="_blank" title="CDB Agreement Establishing"> Agreement Establishing CDB</a>.</p> 476</div> 477 478 </div> 479 480 <div class="img-wrap position-relative text-center"> 481 <div class="img-w-100"> <img src="/sites/default/files/paragraph/BankHistory.jpg" width="1400" height="786" alt="Bank History" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-fluid" /> 482 483</div> 484 485 486 487 <div class="img-wrap--description img-wrap--description--overflow"> 488 <div class="container"> 489 490 491 492 <div class="field--wrap field--paragraph field--paragraph--default field--paragraph--field-cdb-image-description"><p>The Rt. Hon. Errol Barrow (left), first Prime Minister of Barbados and Sir Arthur Lewis (right), the first President of CDB sign a document to inaugurate the Bank.</p> 493</div> 494 495 </div> 496 </div> 497 </div> 498 </div> 499 500 501 502 503 504 505 <div class="paragraph--margin-bottom--big paragraph paragraph--type--cdb-multiple-paragraphs paragraph--view-mode--default"> 506 <div class="container "> 507 508 509 <div class="paragraph--description"> 510 511 512 513 <div class="field--wrap field--paragraph field--paragraph--default field--paragraph--field-cdb-description"><h4>Canada/Commonwealth Caribbean Conference</h4> 514<p>After a Canada/Commonwealth Caribbean Conference in 1966, a recommendation was made that a study be conducted to investigate the possibility of establishing a financial institution to serve the Commonwealth Caribbean countries and territories. The report, submitted by a team of experts in July 1967, recommended the establishment of a Caribbean Development Bank with an initial capital of $50 million. This report was considered and accepted at a meeting of officials in Georgetown, Guyana in August of the same year and a committee formed to prepare the draft agreement and finalise the details for the Bankâ establishment. This draft Agreement was submitted in 1968 and adopted after meetings held at the ministerial level. A preparatory committee for the Bankâs establishment was set up and a project director appointed. Assistance was received from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (later called the World Bank), the Inter-American Development Bank and the United Nations Development Programme.</p> 515</div> 516 517 </div> 518 519 520 521 </div> 522 </div> 523 524 525 526 </div> 527 528 </div> 529 530</article> 531 </div> 532 533 534 535 </div> 536 537 538 539 540 541 </main> 542 </div> 543 544 545 <footer role="contentinfo"> 546 547 <section class="main-footer bg-blue-prussian py-md-70 py-20"> 548 <div class="container"> 549 550 <div class="row"> 551 <div class="col-lg-6"> 552 553<div id="block-cdb-contact"> 554 555 <div class="title text-uppercase mb-lg-30 mb-md-20 mb-10">Contact</div> 556 557 558 559 560 <div class="field--wrap field--block-content field--block-content--full field--block-content--body"><style> 561article:has(a.link-full-content) { 562 position: relative; 563} 564</style><div class="row contact-block--row"> 565<div class="col-md-6"> 566<p>Caribbean Development Bank<br>P.O. Box 408<br>Wildey<br>St. Michael<br>Barbados, W. I. BBB11000</p> 567</div> 568<div class="col-md-6"> 569<p>Tel: 246 539 1600</p> 570</div> 571</div> 572</div> 573 574 </div> 575 576 577 578 </div> 579 580 <div class="col-lg-6"> 581 582<div id="block-footer-social-icons-block" class="block-social-media-links"> 583 584 <div class="title text-uppercase mb-lg-30 mb-md-20 mb-10">Connect with US</div> 585 586 587 588<ul class="social-media-links--platforms platforms inline horizontal list-inline d-flex flex-wrap"> 589 <li class="mr-lg-20 mr-md-3 mr-10 mb-md-44 mb-20"> 590 <a href="/news-events-feed/rss.xml" target="_blank" aria-label="RSS" title="RSS" class="btn btn-social" >
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