The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB, the Bank), through its Cultural and Creative Industries Innovation Fund (CIIF), is placing data at the heart of its strategy to drive sustainable growth in the region’s creative economy. Speaking at CIIF’s Creative Talk panel, “Collect, Analyse, Activate! Leveraging National Creative Economy Data,” which opened a high-impact symposium entitled “Banking on Culture: Data, Policy and Finance,” CIIF Fund Coordinator, Malene Joseph, highlighted the sector’s untapped potential, noting that many areas—such as intellectual property and international export—remain under-optimised.
CDB Champions Data Driven Growth in the Caribbean’s Creative Economy
CDB - Caribbean Development Bank, 09 September 2025, International
Share
International News
Government eyes culture as economic driver UNESCO and DCT Abu Dhabi Launch Eighth Capacity-Building Workshop on Community-Based Inventorying for Intangible Cultural Heritage UNESCO Brings Global Perspective to Jamaica’s Parliamentary Debate on Culture ‘World-class culture in every postcode’: ACE unveils new National Portfolio process Between theory and practice: ICRRA at the International Conference on Cultural Policy Research in Ottawa See all news from International NewsIFACCA Announcements
Encuentro de la Beca IFACCA–Globus en Da Nang, Vietnam IFACCA–Globus Fellowship meeting in Da Nang, Viet Nam New Affiliate Member: Guam Council on the Arts and Humanities Agency See all news from IFACCA AnnouncementsNational Agency News
Tallinn Declaration on Culture, Artificial Intelligence and Cultural Security Arts and Minds: creativity supports wellbeing in mental health care Completing the Law on Cultural Industry Development: Unleashing resources, promoting creativity See all news from National Agency News