ECCB 2025-2026 Annual Report

EASTERN CARIBBEAN CENTRAL BANK ANNUAL REPORT 2025 - 2026

Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance

for young people entering the labour force over the next decade, as well as strengthening climate resilience and energy security. These discussions were fully aligned with the Bank’s “Big Push” agenda, which seeks to double the size of the ECCU economy over the next ten years through coordinated and transformative action. In addition to multilateral engagements, the delegation held bilateral discussions with key stakeholders, including the World Bank Group, the IMF, and the United States Treasury Department. Those interactions were instrumental in strengthening partnerships and expanding the Bank’s global network.

positions and deepen dialogue on development priorities that are central to the region’s long-term economic transformation. Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund (October 2025) The Bank further strengthened its international engagement through participation in the 2025 Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and IMF, held from 13 to 18 October 2025 at the institutions’ headquarters in Washington, DC. Governor Antoine again led the ECCB delegation, which engaged in discussions covering a wide range of global and regional development issues. development; debt sustainability and transparency; economic security and trade; and climate resilience and emerging technological risks, including the application of artificial intelligence as a tool for risk mitigation and policy support. These discussions reflected the evolving global development landscape and its implications for small island developing states such as those in the ECCU. Throughout the meetings, the ECCB delegation also engaged with counterparts from the IMF, the World Bank, International Finance Corporation, and other development partners. These engagements not only strengthened existing partnerships, but also opened avenues for enhanced collaboration in capacity development and joint research initiatives, with potential to deliver tangible benefits to regional development. The Bank continued its advocacy on a number of strategic issues of importance to the ECCU, including artificial intelligence, climate resilience, renewable energy transition, and Citizenship by Key themes addressed during the meetings included: job creation and agribusiness

The Spring Meetings also provided an important platform for continued advocacy on critical issues affecting ECCU member countries. The Bank utilised these engagements to reinforce its policy Governor Antoine (middle) with Chief Director (Policy), Tracy Polius (PhD) (left) and Director, Advisory Services, Emefa Sewordor (PhD) (right) in attendance at Annual Meetings of the World Bank Group and International Monetary Fund

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