Prolific writer
Bridgetown -- Nov. 4, 2009 -- Dr. DeLisle Worrell has returned to the Central Bank of Barbados as the institution’s sixth Governor.
Dr. Worrell, an economist, worked at the Bank previously between 1973
and 2000, serving as Manager of the Research Department, then
Divisional Director of Research, before assuming the post of Deputy
Governor. He held the Deputy Governor position between 1990 and 2000,
when he retired.
After retiring from the Bank, he joined the International Monetary Fund
as Technical Assistance Advisor, Monetary and Exchange Affairs
Department; and more recently, he served as the Executive Director of
the Caribbean Centre for Money and Finance (CCMF).
Commenting on his return to the Central Bank, Dr. Worrell said: “It’s
good to be back, and I look forward to working with the Central Bank’s
excellent senior management team, and our colleagues in the Ministries
of Finance & Economic Affairs, to fulfill the Bank’s responsibility
to help the economy through these difficult times.”
The new Governor spent his first day on the job settling in and meeting with his management team.
Dr. Worrell, who holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Economics from
U.W.I. and a Ph.D. in the same subject from Mc. Gill University, is a
prolific writer both in terms of articles for professional journals as
well as books.
His publications include: Economic Adjustment Policies for Small
Nations: Theory and Experience in the English-Speaking Caribbean;
Monetary Policy in Small Open Economies; Framework for the Analysis of
the Effect of the US Devaluation on the Jamaican Economy and Small
Island Economies: Structure and Performance on the English-Speaking
Caribbean Since 1970.