FRANCESCO VAROTTO, CLARA ARIZA, ROBERTO MENDEZ, NARAYA CARRASCO, SURANGA KAHANDAWA Recovery takes time. Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other...
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FRANCESCO VAROTTO, CLARA ARIZA, ROBERTO MENDEZ, NARAYA CARRASCO, SURANGA KAHANDAWA Recovery takes time. Six years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, Antigua and Barbuda and Dominica, among other...
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Overview In 2022, the world faced a food crisis of unprecedented proportions which was exacerbated by the Ukraine crisis. The socioeconomic impacts of COVID-19 - coupled with the cost of living...
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Overview In 2022, WFP transited from the Interim Multi-Country Strategic Plan 2020-2022 (IMCSP), which finished in February, to the new Multi-Country Strategic Plan 2022-2026 (MCSP), which started in...
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Caribbean countries are exposed to high levels of risks from natural hazards, which can have significant negative impacts on their economic and fiscal stability. In recent years, countries in the...
CONTEXT The Caribbean region is highly prone to disasters, causing destruction of infrastructure and property, loss of income, and costs as individuals and businesses work around disruptions...
Executive Summary Overview This Adaptation Communication (ADCOM) is Antigua and Barbuda’s first ADCOM to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and is being submitted in...
St. John’s, September 21, 2021 - Eleven previously displaced families were all smiles today as they were presented with keys to their newly renovated homes, by Prime Minister Hon. Gaston Browne and...
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Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, June 14, 2021. CCRIF SPC is pleased to announce that its member governments have renewed their parametric insurance coverage for tropical cyclones, excess rainfall,...
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Small islands sit on the front line against climate change. Remote, low-lying, and with limited natural resources, they’re among the most vulnerable to rising sea levels, declining rainfall, and...
"Building Forward Better" has new meaning for the 12 families who received their renovated homes on Friday, under Phase 2 of the Housing Support to Barbuda Project led Government of Antigua and...
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY During the period September 6-19, 2017, the Small Island Developing States (SIDS) of the northern and eastern Caribbean were battered by two powerful Category 5 Hurricanes - Irma...
Effective institutions and systems of public financial management (PFM) play a critical role in the preparation and response to disasters. Strong PFM ties together often scarce available resources...
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a US$50 million loan to support member countries of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) and their response to the health, social and...
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Caribbean policymakers strategize on gender-related initiatives and the care economy in their post-COVID-19 recovery efforts. Date: Thursday, July 30, 2020 Media contact UN Women:...
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This briefing note has been commissioned by the Cash Learning Partnership (CaLP) network in order to compile evidence on good practice and lessons learned to generate recommendations for humanitarian...
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A. Global impact The global economy has been hit by a health, human and economic crisis without precedent in the last century and that is continually evolving. In the face of the coronavirus...
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The Emergency Appeal was launched for a total amount of 3,372,790 Swiss francs (CHF). A total of 3,093,537 Swiss francs were received (92% coverage of the appeal) as cash and in-kind contributions...
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Gavin White – Independent consultant Executive summary Background: The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season was the costliest tropical cyclone season on record. Hurricane Irma had a directly hit on Barbuda...
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UNDP is launching a multi-million-dollar project in nine Caribbean countries, with generous support from the Government of Canada and the UK Department for International Development. UNDP’s prior...
ABU DHABI, 19th September, 2019 (WAM) -- The UAE-Caribbean Renewable Energy Fund, UAE-CREF, has announced a partnership to restore power to Barbuda following the near-total destruction of the island...