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04 Apr 2013

Haiti + 5 others
Agricultural Risk Management in the Caribbean: Lessons and Experiences 2009-2012

Report
— World Bank
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Agriculture in Haiti: Highly Vulnerable, Mostly Uninsured

STORY HIGHLIGHTS

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05 May 2011

Ethiopia + 7 others
HIV Prevention Gains Momentum

Report
— UN Population Fund
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Author: UNFPA
No. of pages: 65
Publication date: 2011
Publisher: UNFPA
ISBN: 978-0-89714-933-4

This report examines a number of success stories in the fight against HIV. Examples come from countries such as Zimbabwe, Myanmar, Nigeria and the Caribbean region. These countries' governments, civil societies and the private sector have united to educate the public and to empower individuals, especially women, to insist on their right to protect their health through correct and consistent condom use.

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01 Oct 2010

Barbados + 8 others
World Bank-financed HIV Projects in the Caribbean: Lessons for working with Small States

Report
— World Bank
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An "AFTER ACTION REVIEW" of HIV Projects financed by the World Bank in the Caribbean

This paper summarizes the key findings of an 'After Action Review' (AAR) that reflects a decade of experience in designing and implementing ten HIV/AIDS projects in the Caribbean, financed by the World Bank. The objective is to identify what worked (and what didn't) in the project approach, design and implementation, distilling useful lessons for other projects in small states.

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29 Mar 2005

Guyana
Guyana macro-socio economic assessment of the damage and losses caused by the Jan-Feb 2005 flooding

Report
— UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
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The lessons learned
Disaster management systems and plans required for all types of emergencies.

Weaknesses in solid waste management.

Increased recognition of need for maintenance of drainage and irrigation infrastructure.

Promote greater awareness of risk of flooding and water borne diseases particularly for children.

Need for safety net and social protection programmes targeted to the poor in response to disasters.

Creation of buffer-stock finance mechanisms.

Guidelines for recovery and reconstruction

Restore people's livelihoods:

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18 Feb 2005

Anguilla + 20 others
Disaster loss reductions tools not being fully utilised

Report
— Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency
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Barbados, Feb 18, 2005 (CDERA) - A released by the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA) today shows that some Caribbean countries are not fully utilising disaster loss reduction tools available to them.
The study has made a number of recommendations which if implemented could help in reducing the loss a country suffers as a result of a disaster.

- officially released today, was commissioned by CDERA as an important first step for knowing the status of these tools and to compile a database of relevant information and materials.

Vulnerability assessments and hazard

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