Opinion

Opinion June 23, 2025 | 7:44 pm

Closing the skills gap to create more jobs in the Caribbean

By Lilia Burunciuc, World Bank Director for the Caribbean Earlier this year, I met a young graduate who had spent the entire summer searching for a job that matched her education—without success. As the weeks passed and her options narrowed, she applied to a local meat shop, hoping to find some form of employment. But even there, she was turned away – she was “overqualified” to... Read more