Latin America and the Caribbean: USAID/BHA Development and Disaster Risk Reduction Assistance in FY 2020 (09/30/20)
Latin America & the Caribbean - Development & Disaster Risk Reduction, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
Latin America & the Caribbean - Development & Disaster Risk Reduction, Fiscal Year (FY) 2020
Countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) experience a range of natural hazards, including droughts, earthquakes, floods, forest fires, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, and volcanoes. In FY...
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...
CONTEXTE L'épidémie de COVID-19 signalée pour la première fois en République Populaire de Chine en décembre 2019 a été classifiée pandémie par l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) le 11 mars...
CONTEXT The COVID-19 outbreak first reported in the People’s Republic of China in late 2019 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisa-tion (WHO) on 11 March 2020. As of 30 November,...
Key Messages The Caribbean region is exposed to a high level of vulnerabilities due to the structure of its economies. In particular, the region is exposed on account of the high trade/ GDP ratios, a...
Regional Highlights ● The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Latin America and the Caribbean at a time of low growth, marked inequality and vulnerability, growing poverty, weakening of social cohesion and...
CONTEXT The COVID-19 outbreak first reported in the People’s Republic of China in late 2019 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organisation (WHO) on 11 March 2020. As of 15 November,...
CONTEXTE L'épidémie de COVID-19 signalée pour la première fois en République Populaire de Chine en décembre 2019 a été classifiée pandémie par l'Organisation Mondiale de la Santé (OMS) le 11 mars...
HIGHLIGHTS Before the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Latin America and the Caribbean region was facing concurrent humanitarian crises, with 23 million people in need of assistance...