AT A GLANCE Country: Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Risks: Tropical storms, hurricanes, storm surges, floods, rising sea levels GFDRR Areas of...
All 56 countries and territories in the Region of the Americas have reported COVID-19 cases and deaths. Since the 11 December 2020 PAHO/WHO Epidemiological Update on COVID-19 and as of 14 January...
WASHINGTON, January 14, 2020 – The World Bank Board of Executive Directors approved today the US$30 million Saint Lucia COVID-19 Response, Recovery, and Resilience Development Policy Credit. This...
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...
LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN: COVID-19Source: PAHO/WHO - https://bit.ly/2O25YQw KEY FIGURES 16.5M CUMULATIVE COVID-19 CASES IN LATIN AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN AS OF 10 JANUARY 203.1K COVID-19 DEATHS...
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...
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...
New InsuRisk report analyzes disaster risk and readiness for insurance solutions in Small Island Developing States Last night at the 4th InsuResilience Global Partnership Forum, UNU-EHS and the...