The Steering Committee for the [National Development Plan](http://www.vision2040bahamas.org/) (Vision 2040) presented the [State of the Nation ](http://www.cob.edu.bs/DOCS/VISION2040SNR.pdf)report in a special presentation ceremony in the Harry C. Moore Library at the … Read More
U.S. Engagement with the Caribbean
***US Lawmakers Call for Multiyear Strategy for U.S. Engagement with the Caribbean*** Representative Eliot L. Engel (D-NY), Ranking Member on the House [Foreign Affairs Committee](https://democrats-foreignaffairs.house.gov/news/press-releases/engel-ros-lehtinen-introduce-us-caribbean-strategic-engagement-legislation), and Representative Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), … Read More
Tax administrations meet on “Panama Papers”
As had been [announced](https://bfsb-bahamas.com/news.php?cmd=view&id=3517) last week, the [Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration (JITSIC) Network](http://www.oecd.org/tax/forum-on-tax-administration/ftajitsicnetwork.htm) met in a special project session today at the OECD in Paris. JITSIC Participants … Read More
New Providence, The Bahamas – World’s First “Smart Island”
Mr. Houlin Zhao, Secretary General of the UN International Telecommunication Union, has revealed that The Bahamas has made history. The Bahamian island of New Providence has been named the world’s … Read More
Mapping the Future for a Stronger Caribbean Public Sector
**Public Sector Transparency and Accountability Vital to Caribbean Economic Growth** Bahamas Minister of State for Finance The Hon. Michael Halkitis, MP today opened a 3-day strategic dialogue in Nassau, The … Read More
IMF World Economic Outlook
***Too Slow for Too Long*** The IMF has released the [2016 World Economic Outlook](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/text.pdf) (WEO). It notes: *”The baseline projection for global growth in 2016 is a modest 3.2 percent, … Read More
Caribbean Public Private Dialogue on CBR
The Bank of Jamaica and the United States [Department of the Treasury](http://www.treasury.gov/Pages/default.aspx) hosted a public-private Roundtable on Correspondent Banking on April 5, 2016. The forum, attended by 110 representatives of … Read More
New Bahamas Chair for IDB and IIC Board of Governors
The Hon. Michael Halkitis, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance has been elected, by acclamation, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Inter-American Development Bank and the … Read More
The Economy, International Finance and Investment in The Bahamas
Ahead of the [Annual Meeting](http://events.iadb.org/Calendar/eventDetail.aspx?lang=en&id=4877&SP=W&OID=632&) of the Inter-American Development Bank, Silvia Pavoni, Economics Editor at The Banker, travelled to Nassau, The Bahamas, to chair a [discussion](http://www.thebanker.com/Landing-Pages/Bahamas/Bahamas?utmcampaign=View+from+IDB+Roundup+2016&utmsource=emailCampaign&utmmedium=email&utmcontent=) about the country’s financial … Read More
JITSIC to act on “Panama Papers”
The [Joint International Tax Shelter Information and Collaboration](http://www.oecd.org/tax/forum-on-tax-administration/ftajitsicnetwork.htm) (JITSIC) Network will meet at the OECD in Paris on Wednesday, 13 April. It will bring together senior tax administration officials from … Read More