President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Dr Warren Smith has called for the completion of regional integration projects in order to grow economies and advance the standard of living across the Caribbean in the novel coronavirus pandemic aftermath.

Speaking at a virtual staging of the CDB’s 50th annual general meeting held on Wednesday, Smith said that the countries of the region need to exploit the full potentials of integration if local firms are to gain access to larger protected markets in which they could grow. He said that this could also serve as a useful launching pad for countries that may want to tap into the global market.

“More than half of the actions agreed in the 2001 roadmap to a single market and economy still need to be implemented,” he said

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