29 March 2023

‘The Netherlands, keep your promise!’

The Fourth Rutte cabinet promised Curaçao, Aruba and Sint Maarten access to the Dutch guarantee and climate funds and to the National Growth Fund. In this opinion piece (in Dutch), Koert van Buiren and Peter Martens argue that this promise should be fulfilled quickly. With this, the Netherlands can help put the three Caribbean countries of the Kingdom on a structurally higher growth path.

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