OVERVIEW
Through its Cooperative Agreement with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), the Inter-American Economic Council (Council) in Collaboration with the CDB is sponsoring a Business Roundtable, with participation in the Annual Board of Governors Meeting of the CDB. The Council will attract business and government leaders from throughout the Caribbean. Annually, the Council will convene an officially sponsored CDB Business Roundtable under the Auspices of the Host Government to discuss essential issues involving the Caribbean. They want to hear the views of the business community about the pace of foreign investment in the Caribbean with an emphasis on banking, project finance and development.





SPEAKERS
Speakers will be drawn from the Board of Governors in attendance including:


Antigua and Barbuda
Dr. The Hon. Errol Cort
Minister of Finance and Economy

Barbados
Hon. Mia A. Mottley
Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Economic Affairs and Development


Dominica
Hon. Roosevelt S. Skerrit
Prime Minister and Minister for
Finance and Planning


Grenada
Hon. Anthony Boatswain
Minister of Finance, Trade and Planning


Guyana
H.E. Mr. Bharrat Jagdeo
President


Jamaica
Dr. The Hon. Omar Davies
Minister of Finance and Planning


St. Kitts and Nevis
Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas
Prime Minister and Minister of Finance


St. Lucia
The Hon. Sir John G.M. Compton
Prime Minister and Minister for Finance




SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Please call (202) 548-0400 for details.



EVENT VENUE
Radison Plaza Eurobuilding Hotel
Final Calle La Guairita
Chuao Caracas
Venezuela
Tel: +58+212-902-1111
Fax: +58+212-902-2189



REGISTRATION
Registration to the Caribbean Development Bank's 2007 Annual Meeting in Caracas, Venezuela can be made through the CDB's website at http://www2.caribank.org/cmrs.nsf




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