GET UP, STAND UP, FOR YOUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS!
Bowie, James Brown, Motown, the Isley Brothers - these are all artists who were able to securitize their intellectual property (IP) to varying degrees of success but is this the right strategy for the Caribbean? To find out, Compete Caribbean and the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office held a workshop to discuss how to improve access to credit for creative industries through the securitization of IP assets and IP based-financing.
COMPETE CARIBBEAN ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF CALL FOR RESEARCH "REDUCING GENDER GAP IN FIRM PRODUCTIVITY"
Last month we came together to celebrate International Women's Day, here at Compete Caribbean we've committed to finding ways to reduce the gender gap in firm productivity in the Caribbean. To this effect, we conducted call for proposals to fund research that will answer important questions that will aid in achieving this objective:
Do women-owned firms face additional challenges in tapping into credit sources or technical assistance?
Do constraints faced by women-owned firms change over time in their lifecycle?
What makes a "super-star" woman-owned firm? How have existing Afro-Caribbean "superstars" overcome barriers to growth?
What can decision makers and multi-laterals focus on to improve the business climate for women-owned firms?
To see the winning proposals of the call for research
click here.
FEATURED RESEARCH
Working Paper:
Accelerating Digital Trade in Latin America and the Caribbean
This working paper seeks to start filling the knowledge gaps and unlock the next generation of digital trade in Latin America and the Caribbean.
We pioneer in mapping out the state and future of digital trade in the region, analyze the impediments to the expansion of the region's digital trade, and put forth policy recommendations for undoing the barriers to this new, exciting area of international trade.
Doing Business 2018: Reforming to Create Jobs, a World Bank Group flagship publication, is the 15th in a series of annual reports measuring the regulations that enhance business activity and those that constrain it.
Doing Business presents quantitative indicators on business regulations and the protection of property rights that can be compared across 190 economies-from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe-and over time
is the fifth in a series of biennial reports measuring gender differences in legal treatment. Since this research started, the realization of the importance of women's entrepreneurship and employment has increased significantly, as has our understanding of the relationship between legal gender equality and women's economic outcomes.
Do you want to learn more about providing goods, works, and services for projects financed by the CDB and the IDB? Apply now to attend our procurement fair.
CDB announces programme to support increased trade among CARICOM states
The Board of Directors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has approved USD750,000 in funding for a programme that will assist the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with strengthening intra-regional trade. Learn more
The Bahamas, with CDB support, eyes higher Doing Business ranking
The Government of the Bahamas believes greater synergy between its public and private sectors may assist with further improving the country's ranking as measured by the World Bank in its annual Doing Business Report. According to data published this year, The Bahamas ranked 119 of 190 countries-an improvement on its 2017 position. Learn more
IDB Group annual meeting in Argentina ends with a call to boost infrastructure investments and productivity
The IDB and IDB Invest wrapped up the annual meeting of their Boards of Governors, calling for an ambitious growth agenda for Latin America and the Caribbean focused on boosting infrastructure investments and productivity. In its 2018 Macroeconomic Report, the IDB noted, the region still faces risks such as spiking interest rates and is performing below its potential.
MARCH 2018
