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4-6 February 2025 

Paramaribo - Suriname

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Vashtie Dookiesingh

Vashtie Dookiesingh

Private Finance Operations Lead Specialist, IDB Lab

Vashtie Dookiesingh has been working with the Inter-American Development Bank and the IDB Lab from the Country Office in Trinidad and Tobago for 2 decades and is responsible for identification, design and oversight for projects financed by the IDB Lab in Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana, and Suriname. As of January 1, 2025 she has been assigned to focus on business origination and development of  the IDB Lab’s Venture Capital, Direct Equity and Loan products.

Established in 1993 as part of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Group, the IDB Lab is the innovation Lab of the IDB Group with a mandate to test innovative approaches to advancing the development agenda across 26 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean.  

During her tenure with the IDB Lab Vashtie has worked in the design and oversight technical co-operation agreements, loans, and equity investments across a range of and sectors.  Primary areas of interest and involvement include innovation, digital transformation, climate adaptation, youth training development, financial inclusion and entrepreneurship.