It is with optimism and expectation that I welcome you to these round table consultations between the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union and the World Bank Group. Despite the unprecedented difficulties of our time, and the commensurate responsibilities that must weigh heavily on the shoulders of many of us, my belief in our capacity to put our region on a path of sustained development, remains undiminished.
My certainty derives from the knowledge that, as a Region, we have reached a level of maturity in the conduct of our affairs,...