Hurricane Dean - Aug 2007 Updates

Natural disasters catalyze gender-differentiated effects. Women and girls are disproportionally impacted because of inequalities in access to endowments, economic opportunities, and agency. The...

This is a Project Performance Assessment Report for the Hurricane Dean emergency recovery loan (P109575) in Jamaica. The project was chosen to provide inputs into an Independent Evaluation Group...

Latin America and the Caribbean is a diverse region and does not follow a single pattern of development. This Report is separated into two volumes which share the same narrative: the Regional Human...

The Canada Caribbean Disaster Risk Management (CCDRM) Fund announces the third call for project proposals. Grants will be made on a competitive basis to support small-scale projects at the community...

You never know what will make an impression on someone, or what they will remember. Two years ago, my supervisor, Holly Inurreta, sat through a hurricane in Jamaica. Before the winds had died down...

KINGSTON (JIS): The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is strengthening its capacity to contribute more significantly to the country's disaster risk reduction efforts. Director of Sustainable...

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No.1257/96 of 20 June 1996 concerning...

GLIDE n=B0 TC-2007-000135 Period covered by this Final Report: 14 December 2007 to 30 June 2008; the final financial report reflects additional bookings made in the first six months of 2009. Appeal...

This report covers the period of 01/01/2008 to 31/12/2008 of a two-year planning and appeal Process In brief Goal: National Societies in the Caribbean region are implementing efficient, responsive...

Policy Research Division Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade From October 21 to December 12, 2008, the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (DFAIT) held an...

Over 45 Government Departments and agencies gathered at the George Town Hospital Conference room on Wednesday, April 15th for a workshop on Hazard Management Plan Development. The planning session...

By Abi Weaver, International Communications, American Red Cross Friday, April 17, 2009 - Every day, thousands of people travel across the U.S.-Mexico border in Southern California. Soon, some of them...

Danuta Hübner, EU Commissioner for Regional Policy, and Yves Jégo, the French Minister for Overseas Territories, signed yesterday an implementing agreement confirming the granting of almost €13...

IP/08/1992 Bruxelles, le 17 décembre 2008 - La Commissaire européenne à la politique régionale, Danuta Hübner, et le Secrétaire d'Etat français chargé de l'Outre-Mer, Yves Jégo, ont signé hier un...

Dear CDM participants, colleagues and friends, It is an honor and great pleasure to be here in Barbados with all of you. On behalf of the ISDR system may I thank you for the opportunity to attend...

(extract) World Relief responds directly to the world's most complex humanitarian crises. Darfur, Sudan World Relief's response focuses on the communities of Um Tagouk, Azirni and Sanidadi in...

GLIDE n=B0 TC-2007-000135 Period covered by this Final Report: 14 December 2007 to 30 June 2008; Appeal target (current): CHF 2,927,000 (USD 2,685,321 or EUR 1,876,282). Final Appeal coverage: 99% ...

Patricia Weiss Fagen, Georgetown University HPG Working Paper 1. Introduction 1.1. Latin America and the Caribbean region Throughout its history the region that encompasses Latin America and the...

This report covers the period 01/01/2008 to 30/06/2008 In brief Programme purpose: National Societies in the Caribbean region are implementing efficient, responsive and focused programmes that...

IP/08/1311 Bruxelles, le 10 septembre 2008 - La Commission européenne a proposé aujourd'hui d'allouer une aide de 12,78 millions d'euros provenant du Fonds de solidarité de l'Union européenne (FSUE),...