Experts urge Caribbean to learn from COVID-19

(Guyana Chronicle) THE coronavirus pandemic has taught the Caribbean that it should not return to its previous modus operandi post-COVID-19 but must act and improve on its vulnerabilities revealed in the areas of digitisation, food security, tourism, energy and more.

This is the opinion of several experts who appeared as guests on Guyana’s American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) virtual programme on Tuesday to speak on the ‘Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Caribbean Economy.’

These experts were Regional Economic Adviser for the Caribbean Country Department at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), David Rosenblatt; CEO of the Caribbean Climate-Smart Accelerator, Racquel Moses and UWI Director of Health Economics Unit (HEU), Professor Karl Theodore. The programme was moderated by M.Sc (Economics), Gopnauth Bobby Gossai Jr.

Moses said that Caribbean countries must understand that they no longer have the luxury of remaining where they are as the pandemic has pointed to several areas which must not be taken lightly.

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