
IMF to ECCU: Caribbean CBI Collaboration Could Reduce Negative Perceptions
The IMF recommends deeper regional cooperation on citizenship by investment as a means of keeping skepticism about such programs at bay.

The IMF recommends deeper regional cooperation on citizenship by investment as a means of keeping skepticism about such programs at bay.

Skerrit said OECS member states have agreed to implement policies that will further unify the region’s citizenship by investment programs.
During a panel discussion at the Investment Migration Forum in Geneva last week, CIU-heads and agents exchanged views on how to ensure the integrity of CBI real estate. The chairman of CIPA, furthermore, indicated a regional CBI-regulator could soon become a reality.

Carlyle Rogers argues that, beyond due diligence cooperation, the Caribbean CIPs should adopt a price floor immediately, limit new programs, and coordinate a media pushback against CBI-lies.

Heads of government in the region fully endorsed the JRCC’s calls for harmonization of the region’s citizenship by investment programs.

The Citizenship by Investment Programme Association (CIPA) has appointed Nestor Alfred, CEO of the Saint Lucia Citizenship by Investment Unit, as its chairman, CIPA informs IMI.

Cyprus is standardizing the operation of its citizenship by investment program, the Cypriot Investment Scheme (CIS), and is increasingly taking

Creating public discussion points over CBI is another key way to help stakeholders understand the business of CBI and the value of the programs.

Saint Lucia’s Prime Minister Chastanet responded to American concerns about his country’s CIP by reiterating calls for Caribbean CIP harmonization. In