In accordance with the authority delegated by the Board of Directors at its Two Hundred and Eighty-Third Meeting (Minute 283.27), the President approved the Use of Funds for an independent thematic evaluation of the Caribbean Development Bank’s (CDB) Technical Assistance support of an amount not exceeding the equivalent of two hundred and forty-four thousand five hundred and forty United States dollars (USD244,540) from the Special Development Resources of the Caribbean Development Bank to carry out an independent thematic evaluation of CDB’s Technical Assistance support.