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| Project | Country | Stage | Summary | Value | SIS Ref. |
| Strengthening of Export Network of Home Accessory Microproducts | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $800K | P/O/05/013 |
| Initiative for Social Capital, Ethnics and Development Program | Regional | Tentatively Scheduled: 1st Qtr. 2005 | Support the achievement of the second phase of the initiative of social capital, ethics and development | $1.5M | P/O/05/012 |
| Promotion of Safe International Commerce | Regional | Identification | Promotion of competitiveness of SMEs in the agri-food industry | $2.7M | P/O/05/011 |
| Rural Development Technical Studies | Regional | Preparation | Prepare innovative technical rural development sectoral and country specific studies to reduce rural poverty | $500K | P/O/05/010 |
| Strengthening of the Venture Capital Industry in Latin America & the Caribbean | Regional | Identification | Strengthening the venture capital industry : education, networking, research | $1.156M | P/O/05/009 |
| Promoting Anti-Corruption Efforts by Civil Society | Regional | Preparation | Improvement of market functioning by reducing the occurrence of corruption throughout the region | $500K | P/O/05/008 |
| Securitization of Worker's Remittances | Jamaica | Identification | The enabling of NCB to access long-term funding from international capital markets | $5M | P/O/05/007 |
| Micro and Small Development Program | Jamaica | Reporting Discontinued | Development of the Sector through Improvement in the Quality of Financial and Non-Financial Services | $3M | P/O/05/006 |
| Strengthening Competitive Telecommunications Market | Jamaica | Identification | Provision of regulatory support to the OUR is several areas: competitive safeguards, administration of toll free services | $925K | P/O/05/005 |
| Adoption of International Norms of Financial Information and Audit | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 1st Qtr.2005 | Improvement of the utility of annual financial statements of commercial entities | $600K | P/O/05/004 |
| Capitalization Remittance for Local Economic Development | Dominican Republic | Preparation | Increase the competitiveness of the Municipality of Santiago by creating mechanisms that would direct resources to projects | $500K | P/O/05/003 |
| Youth Entrepreneurs in Action | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 1st Qtr. 2005 | Enhance entrepreneurial attitude of youths & the development of innovative projects | $600K | P/O/05/002 |
| Information and Communication Technology Program | Trinidad & Tobago | Identification | Increase private sector productivity; Improve corporate governance; Increase the effectiveness and use of ICT; Training | $35M | P/O/05/001 |
| Investment for Technological Innovation | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $3M | P/O/04/056 |
| Competitiveness through 150 Standard Programs | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $750K | P/O/04/055 |
| Removing Barriers to Entrepreneurs in the Property Rights Framework | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $4M | P/O/04/054 |
| Business Academic Center | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $1.05M | P/O/04/053 |
| Coordination of Government Policies | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $500K | P/O/04/052 |
| Caribbean Micro-Finance Bank | Trinidad & Tobago | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $6M | P/O/04/051 |
| Supporting the Competitive Position | Haiti | Early Identification | Improve and maintain beverage quality and provide support to develop innovative market mechanisms | $700K | P/O/04/050 |
| Support for the Adoption of International Accounting | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Not Available | $1.5M | P/O/04/047 |
| Institutional Strengthening of the Savings and Loan Cooperatives Sector | Barbados | Identification | Support the cooperative sector | $700K | P/O/04/045 |
| Factoring Industry | Costa Rica | Early Identification | Not Available | $5.1M | P/O/04/044 |
| Program for Development | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $2M | P/O/04/043 |
| Trade Sector Support Program | Suriname | Identification | Strengthen capacity to formulate, negotiate and implement trade policy and related agreements | $5M | P/O/04/042 |
| Support for the Negotiation Process | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $750K | P/O/04/041 |
| Strengthening of the Capital Industry | Regional | Identification | Strengthening of the education, networking and research industries | $1.156M | P/O/04/040 |
| Promoting Anti-Corruption efforts by Civil Society | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Support targeted small grant projects of civil society organizations | $500K | P/O/04/039 |
| Micro and Small Enterprise Financing through Formal Financial Institutions | Regional | Approved: 13th Oct. 2004 | Provide funds at commercial terms to increase loan portfolio and support the introduction of measures to better serve senders and receivers of remittances | $7.5M | P/O/04/038 |
| Rural Development Technical Studies | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Prepare innovative technical rural development sectoral and country specific studies to reduce rural poverty | $500K | P/O/04/037 |
| Participation of Microfinance Institutions in the Mobilization of Remittance | Regional | Approved: 28th Apr. 2004 | Improve the socio-economic status of clients | $800K | P/O/04/036 |
| Securitization of Worker's Remittances | Jamaica | Identification | Not Available | $5M | P/O/04/035 |
| Adoption of International Norms of Financial Informational and Audit | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Improve the utility of annual financial statements of commercial entities | $600K | P/O/04/034 |
| Youth Development Program | Bahamas | Identification | Strengthen the delivery of services and other interventions to youths | $4M | P/O/04/033 |
| Youth Entrepreneurs in Action | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Enhance entrepreneurial attitude of youths and the development of innovative projects | $600K | P/O/04/032 |
| Strengthening of Export Network of Home Accessory Microproducts | Regional | Early Identification | Not Available | $800K | P/O/04/031 |
| Promotion of Safe International Commerce | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $2.7M | P/O/04/030 |
| Consolidation of the Regional Market | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $500K | P/O/04/029 |
| Building Financial Systems That Work for the Majority | Regional | Early Identification | Support the expansion of financial services available to micro and small enterprises and shape financial systems and foster policy reforms | $10M | P/O/04/028 |
| Development Finance | Regional | Approved: 21st Jul. 2004 | Provide financing and enterprise development services and create local managerial capacity | $2.9M | P/O/04/027 |
| Market Access and Integration Program | Regional | Early Identification | Not Available | $3.6M | P/O/04/026 |
| Corporate Social Responsibility to Develop Entrepreneurs | Regional | Approved: 22nd Sept. 2004 | Promotion and development of business mentors, monitoring, training and financial support for young entrepreneur projects | $1.5M | P/O/04/025 |
| Improving Market Functions and the Investment Climate | Regional | Preparation | Identify and improve the climate for investment and private sector operations | $700K | P/O/04/024 |
| Initiative for Social Capital, Ethnics and Development Program | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Not Available | $1.5M | P/O/04/023 |
| Strengthening the Private Sector's Role in External Trade Negotiations | Regional | Approved: 28th Apr. 2004 | Integrate the private sector into the region's external trade negotiation process | $1.2M | P/O/04/022 |
| Transnational and Socially Responsible Support for Productive Community Development | Regional | Preparation | Foster local economic development among small communities | 9M | P/O/04/021 |
| Support to Government | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $2.1M | P/O/04/020 |
| Support of the Integration Process of International Commerce | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $2M | P/O/04/019 |
| Capitalization Remittance for Local Economic Development | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Not Available | $500K | P/O/04/018 |
| Improve MSE Competitiveness in the Cruise Ship Tourism Sector | Belize | Identification | Increase the competitiveness for the tourism industry | $525K | P/O/04/017 |
| Information and Communication Technology Program | Trinidad & Tobago | Identification | Assistance in improving the business environment and institutional and policy formulation strengthening at the tertiary level | $35m | P/O/04/016 |
| Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals | Regional | Approved: 25th Aug. 2004 | Assessment of Technical and Economic Feasibility in Areas of Poverty, Education, Gender Equality, Health and Environment | $750K | P/O/04/015 |
| Organization of East Caribbean States, Phase II | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Not Available | $500K | P/O/04/014 |
| Strengthening the Private Sector's Role in the External Trade Negotiations | Not Available | Early Identification | Not Available | $1.2M | P/O/04/013 |
| Institutional Strengthening in Issues Concerning Integration and Commerce | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. 2004 | Strengthening and facilitation on the region's participation in the integration process and high quality technical and academic research | $2M | P/O/04/012 |
| Book on Competitiveness with Case Studies of Successful Firms | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Create demonstration of strategy at the level of successful firms which would inform and inspire other companies | $500K | P/O/04/011 |
| Participation of Microfinance Institutions in the Mobilization of Remittance | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $800K | P/O/04/010 |
| Market Assess through Technical Standards | Regional | Preparation | Strengthen the competitiveness of recipients and promote regional, hemispheric and global integration | $2.6M | P/O/04/009 |
| Competitiveness and Technology Program | Trinidad & Tobago | Identification | Assistance to improve the business environment to increase private sector productivity | $50M | P/O/04/008 |
| Liquidity Fund for Micro- enterprise Recovery | Regional | Approved: Jan. 10, 2004 | Emergency liquidity and technical support facility to be established to strengthen managements' capacity under crisis situations | $500K | P/O/04/007 |
| Network of Research Centres | Regional | Approved: Sept. 1, 2004 | Not Available | $1.2M | P/O/04/006 |
| Technical Support | Regional | Approved: Aug. 4, 2004 | Not Available | $750K | P/O/04/005 |
| On-Line Network for Culture, Tourism and Commerce | Haiti | Identification | Not Available | $500K | P/O/04/004 |
| Sector Facility for Foreign Trade | Dominican Republic | Approved: Jan. 10, 2003 | Design and implementation of a national strategy for trade negotiations resulting from the opening of new markets | $5M | P/O/04/003 |
| Fund for Youth Entrepreneurship | Regional | Reporting discontinued | Not Available | $5M | P/O/04/002 |
| Caribbean Regional Handicraft Development Project | Regional | Identification | Improve the income generating potential of the handicraft sector through information and improved product quality | $2.15M | P/O/04/001 |
| Support to the Competitiveness in SME | Dominican Republic | Approved: Oct. 1, 2003 | Consultant to implement a program to boost productivity in the furniture and clothing sector | $566K | P/O/03/042 |
| Marketing Access and Integration Through Technical Standards | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $1.66M | P/O/03/041 |
| Liquidity Fund for Micro- enterprises Recovery | Regional | Approved: Jan. 10, 2003 | Not Available | $1.5M | P/O/03/040 |
| Mezanine Fund for Microfinance Institutions | Regional | Approved: Dec. 3, 2004 | Not Available | $4M | P/O/03/039 |
| LAC Integration | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $2M | P/O/03/038 |
| Caribbean Regional Handicraft Development Project | Regional | Identification | Increase the Competitiveness and Income Generating Potential, through Markets, Product Quality, Business Advisory and Export Trade | $2.15M | P/O/03/037 |
| International Accreditation and Consolidation Certification | Regional | Approval: July 30, 2003 | Increase the Competitiveness and Extend Access to Markets Specializing in Sustainable Tourism | $2M | P/O/03/036 |
| Liquidity Fund for Micro enterprise Recovery | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $3M | P/O/03/035 |
| Organization of East Caribbean States, Phase II | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $500K | P/O/03/034 |
| Preparation Project for Women in Development | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $800K | P/O/03/033 |
| Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility | Regional | Approved: July 30, 2003 | Develop the Capacity of the Local Suppliers of Services and Strengthen the Adoption of Measures by Companies | $1.1M | P/O/03/032 |
| Improvements of Policy and Institutional Framework OECS Phase II | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $500K | P/O/03/031 |
| Removing Barriers to Entrepreneurs in the Property Rights Framework | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $4M | P/O/03/030 |
| Rural Development Technical Studies | Regional | Preparation | Increase the Effective Response to Agriculture and Rural Development Demands, Prepare Studies to Reduce Rural Poverty and Increase Agriculture Competitiveness | $500K | P/O/03/029 |
| Training Program for Public Managers in Information Society | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $500K | P/O/03/028 |
| Venture Capital Fund for Technology Base | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $10M | P/O/03/027 |
| Promoting Access to Sustainable Market Information | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $760K | P/O/03/026 |
| Cyber City/Cyber Community Pilot Project | Regional | Reporting Discontinued | Strengthen IT Development in Government and Communities to be able to Provide Adequate Services and Exercise Social Equality. | $750K | P/O/03/025 |
| Business Academic Center for Studies on Trade Liberalization and Integration Program | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $1.05M | P/O/03/024 |
| Competitiveness through 150 Standard Programs | Regional
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Identification | Not Available | $750K | P/O/03/023 |
| Investment for Technological Innovations in Mesoamerica | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $3M | P/O/03/022 |
| Coordination of Government Policies | Regional | Early Identification | Not Available | $500K | P/O/03/021 |
| Evaluation of Millennium Development Goals | Regional | Preparation | Assessment of Technical and Economic Feasibility in Areas of Poverty, Education, Gender Equality, Health and Environment | $750K | P/O/03/020 |
| Food Safety and Competitiveness-Small Diary Producers and Industry | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $1.15M | P/O/03/019 |
| Hydrocarbon Initiative in Andean Region | Regional | Tentative Approval: 4th Qtr. of 2003 | Evaluate the Physical and Institutional Potential of the sector, Make Recommendations and Assist in their Positioning with the Energy Strategy. | $500K | P/O/03/018 |
| Commercial, Technical and Logistic Consultancy Service for Export Enterprises | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $10M | P/O/03/017 |
| Micro and Small Development Program | Jamaica | Identification | Development of the Sector through Improvement in the Quality of Financial and Non-Financial Services | $3M | P/O/03/016 |
| Financial Reform Consolidation Sector Program | Dominican Republic | Tentative Approval: 1st Qtr. 2004 | Regulation of the Execution of the Central Bank, Strengthening of Banking Supervision, Creation of a Secondary Bank | $106M | P/O/03/015 |
| Competitiveness Promotion Program | Dominican Republic | Approval: 3rd Qtr. of 2003 | Support Activities for the Optimization of the Business Environment for Exports, and Develop Competition | $9M | P/O/03/014 |
| Enterprise Development for Remittance Recipients | Dominican Republic | Approved on: Oct. 7th | Not Available | $1.15M | P/O/03/013 |
| Support to Small Industries Linkages in Santiago | Dominican Republic | Identification | Not Available | $520K | P/O/03/012 |
| Business Academic Centre for Studies on Trade Liberalization and Integration Program | Regional | Identification | Not Available | $1.05M | P/O/03/011 |
| Promoting Access to Sustainable Market Information | Regional | Preparation | Not Available | $760K | P/O/03/010 |
| Promoting Corporate Social Responsibility | Regional | Approval: 2nd Qtr of 2003 | Not Available | $1.1M | P/O/03/009 |
| Promoting Export of SMEs | Regional | Reporting Discontinued | Not Available | $3M | P/O/03/008 |
| Market Access and Integration Through Technical Standards | Regional | Approved: Dec. 3, 2003 | Not Available | $1.66M | P/O/03/007 |
| Rural Development Technical Studies | Regional | Approval tentatively scheduled for the 4th Qtr. of 2003 | Increase capacity to Respond to fast growing Agriculture and Rural Development Demands | $500K | P/O/03/006 |
| Preparation Project for Women in Development | Regional | Early Identification | Not Available | $800K | P/O/03/005 |
| Organization of East Caribbean States, Phase II | Early Identification | Not Available | $500K | P/O/03/004 | |
| Strengthening Distribution Channels for Remittances | Dominican Republic | Identification | Not Available | $2M | P/O/03/003 |
| Information and Communication Technology | Guyana | Preparation | Increase Competitiveness in the Economic and Social Development Areas | $21.3M | P/O/03/002 |
| Caribbean Micro-Finance Bank | Trinidad & Tobago | Early Identification | Not Available | $6M | P/O/03/001 |
| Venture Capital Fund | Reporting Discontinued | Programs to Provide Start-up and Working Capital to Small Businesses | $3.3M | P/O/02/178 | |
| Rehabilitation and Reform of Port | Preparation | (a) Construction of two ports (b) Relocation and construction of new system for sugar cargo (c) Acquisition of equipment for handling cargo (d) Development of Infrastructure | >$200K | P/O/02/177 | |
| Strengthening of Airport Security | Identification | Not available | $500K | P/O/02/176 | |
| Hemispheric Cooperation Program | Identification | Not available | $600K | P/O/02/175R | |
| Training Program for Public Managers in Information Society | Identification | Not available | $500K | P/O/02/174R | |
| Women's Leadership & Good Governance | Identification | Not available | $1.15M | P/O/02/173R | |
| Promoting Access to Sustainable Market Information | Identification | Not available | $760K | P/O/02/172R | |
| Establishment of Pre-investment System | Preparation | Not available | $1M | P/O/02/134 | |
| Initiative for HIV/AIDS | Preparation | Not available | $650K | P/O/02/133R | |
| Facilitate Border Traffic | Identification | Not available | $2M | P/O/02/132R | |
| Line Activity to implement international codes for Financial Markets | Identification | Description not available | $10.2M | P/O/02/55R | |
| Regional Negotiation Machinery | Identification | Description not available | $500K | P/O/02/54R | |
| Secondary Mortgage Markets in the Caribbean | Preparation | Components to be determined | $1.5M | P/O/02/53R | |
| Strengthening Competitiveness | Preparation. Tentative approval: 4th Quarter, 2001 | Strengthen competitive analytical tools, promote the definition of national competitiveness, and identify priorities for action | $750K | P/O/02/52R | |
| Infrastructure | Preparation. Tentative approval: 4th Quarter, 2001 | Develop a regional physical infrastructure in accordance with the policies of the Action of Montevideo | $835K | P/O/02/51R |
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