Caribbean infrastructure challenge is bankability not capital

The Caribbean is not short of infrastructure needs, project ideas, or available capital.

What continues to hold back investment is the ability to turn those ideas into well-prepared, bankable projects that can withstand economic shocks, political transitions, and decades-long investment horizons.

That was one of the central messages emerging from the Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF) session, “The Mechanics of Bankable Projects: How To Best Use the Tools Available”, where regional banking, development finance and advisory leaders examined what it will take to attract private capital to Caribbean infrastructure at greater scale.