<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>World Bank on The Tradewinds Brief</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/world-bank/</link><description>Recent content in World Bank on The Tradewinds Brief</description><image><title>The Tradewinds Brief</title><url>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</url><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/images/brand/og-default.png</link></image><generator>Hugo -- 0.142.0</generator><language>en-us</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://tradewindsbrief.com/tags/world-bank/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>Caribbean Daily Brief – April 8, 2026</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-caribbean-brief/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-caribbean-brief/</guid><description>Your Wednesday Caribbean roundup: World Bank says slow down, Jamaica goes backward, T&amp;amp;T chases Venezuela gas, Barbados grows quietly, and Carifta children run fast.</description></item><item><title>Miss Violet's Barbados Bulletin – April 8, 2026</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-miss-violet/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-miss-violet/</guid><description>Miss Violet, retired civics teacher and Barbados institution, responds to the World Bank report, the Air Canada announcement, and the state of the Caribbean.</description></item><item><title>The Bajan Bugle – April 8, 2026</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-bajan-bugle/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-bajan-bugle/</guid><description>Barbados grows 2.7 percent while Jamaica shrinks. Air Canada non-stop coming. World Bank issues its annual assessment of regional mediocrity.</description></item><item><title>The Yard Report – April 8, 2026</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-yard-report/</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-04-08-yard-report/</guid><description>Kingston&amp;#39;s sardonic take on Jamaica&amp;#39;s minus-one-percent growth, students exposed to sex in school shelters, and a JDF soldier charged with murder.</description></item><item><title>Wednesday's Guyana Brief: Noem Lands, Exxon Expands, and the Bridge Is Still Sinking</title><link>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-25-daily-brief/</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://tradewindsbrief.com/posts/2026-03-25-daily-brief/</guid><description>A fired US official arrives as a Special Envoy, Exxon wants two more oil projects, and the World Bank says Guyana&amp;#39;s reform programme has been quietly gutted. Wednesday&amp;#39;s 5-minute news circus.</description></item></channel></rss>