During a visit by the British Prime Minister, David Cameron, to Jamaica and Grenada at the end of September 2015, he announced a major new package of British investment for the Caribbean region totalling £360 million in new financial commitments as a demonstration that the UK is “serious about the need to strengthen the bonds between the UK and the Caribbean”. The announcements represented a quadrupling of British development aid towards the region.
The report below outlines the background to the UK Caribbean Infrastructure Fund.