Artificial Intelligence and Evidence Use in Caribbean Development Policy – Roundtable

Artificial intelligence is beginning to influence how governments and development organisations generate, analyse, and use evidence for decision-making. In the Caribbean, regional organisations and development partners are exploring how emerging technologies may strengthen monitoring systems, policy analysis, and evidence-informed decision-making.

This roundtable will bring together representatives from regional institutions, development agencies, and government agencies to discuss how AI is shaping the production and use of evidence in development policy and programming.

Participants will gain insights into:

• Emerging institutional approaches to using AI in monitoring and evaluation systems
• Opportunities for improving evidence-informed decision-making through AI tools
• Risks associated with algorithmic bias, data governance, and technological inequality
• How regional institutions can build responsible AI capacity

• Serena Rossignoli, PhD, Senior Evaluation Officer, Caribbean Development Bank
• Professor Lloyd Waller, PhD, Head of SALISES
• Roxanne Beckles-White,  Monitoring and Evaluation Officer, World Food Programme Multi-Country Office, Barbados
  
• Elisabetta D'Amico, Head of Vulnerability, Analysis, and Mapping and  M&E, World Food Programme, Multi-Country Office, Barbados
• José Luis Saboin, PhD, Economics Specialist, Caribbean Country Department, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)