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Economist
Essays, the Bridgetown Brief, and academic research on fiscal policy and small island economies.
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Builder
A working portfolio across property, investment, extractives, events, and public equities.
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Caribbean Leader
Senior public-sector economist. Regional labour executive. Board and committee service across the Caribbean.
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Writing
Bridgetown Brief
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On Tuesday 16 June 2026 the United Nations launched a Deal Book of US$320 million in investment-ready Caribbean food projects in Bridgetown. The region imports roughly 60 per cent of its food and CARICOM puts the annual bill above US$6 billion. The pipeline is small against the bill. The gap between them is a financing problem, and for Barbados a balance-of-payments one.
Bridgetown Brief
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The Caribbean Development Bank held its 56th Annual Meeting in Nassau from 1 to 5 June 2026. Two documents arrived in the same week. The new Strategic Plan 2026 to 2035 sets a ten-year direction. The Caribbean Economic Review and Outlook reports 2025 regional growth of 0.6 per cent excluding Guyana. The plan and the print belong on the same page.
Bridgetown Brief
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On 14 May 2026, the IMF announced a staff-level agreement on a 36-month precautionary Stand-By Arrangement for Barbados, providing access to SDR 189 million should it be needed. What a precautionary arrangement actually signals, and what it means for the rest of the Caribbean, is the more important story.
Data product
The Caribbean Debt Tracker is a quarterly open dataset on regional public debt sustainability, refreshed against each new IMF World Economic Outlook.Issue No. 01, May 2026. The full Tracker includes a fiscal position quadrant showing where each economy sits by primary balance and debt burden.
Sources: IMF WEO April 2026, Article IV cycle 2025–2026, CDB CERO 2025–2026
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Investment and co-development
→Joint ventures, co-investment, and development partnerships with the McBeck Group across real estate, mining, energy, agribusiness, and infrastructure across the Caribbean, the Americas, and Asia.
Advisory and governance
→Active board director and fiscal advisor. Advisory on investment strategy, fiscal and labour policy, and governance across Caribbean, regional, and international institutions.
Speaking and research
→Conference keynotes and panel participation on Caribbean economies, fiscal policy, and sustainable finance. The Bridgetown Brief and the Blue-Green Token as public research outputs.
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