Barbados

A man outside a shop offering instant passport photographs and photo developing - Barbados.

A man outside a shop offering instant passport photographs and photo developing - Barbados. © Andy Johnstone (Panos)

In common with many Caribbean regional institutions and regional donors, DFID Caribbean is based in Barbados.

We don’t have a bilateral development programme in Barbados, but our work on regional integration, economic growth, private sector development, climate change and disaster risk reduction is led from Barbados, as is our corporate reporting.

DFID has taken a regional approach to reducing poverty in the Caribbean.

Major challenges: Caribbean

DFID's main challenges in the Caribbean are:

  • regional integration
  • making aid effective
  • growth
  • climate change