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Caribbean countries start to build back better after Hurricanes Irma and Maria
REPORT from UN Development Programme via Relief Web New York, 22 September – Governments in several Caribbean countries are starting to rebuild infrastructures, houses and communities with UNDP’s on the ground support after Hurricane Irma left catastrophic damage in several…
Caribbean security officials discussing data on youth violence
From Caribbean Broadcasting Corporation Senior government officials, as well as law enforcement experts from 10 Caribbean countries have begun a meeting here Tuesday to prioritise citizen security data management and evidence policy based making for youth crime reduction and prevention….
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Losses from virus total $18bn – UNDP
Pulse News Agency Local By NAN The UN Development Programme (UNDP) says that the social and economic cost of the recent spread of the Zika virus in Latin America and the Caribbean will total up to 18 billion dollars between…
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Latin America and the Caribbean at the forefront of climate action
By Matilde Mord From UNDP In this blog series, UNDP experts share their perspectives in the lead-up to the next climate summit, COP22, taking place in November in Marrakech, Morocco. Latin American and Caribbean countries have long been at the…
Guyana has highest child labour rate in Latin America, Caribbean
From Kaieteur News The Caribbean Human Development Report 2016 has recorded that the child labour rate in Guyana is at 16.4 per cent, the only country above the Latin America and Caribbean average of 11 per cent. According to the…
Helen Clark: Keynote Address at Launch of the Caribbean Human Development Report 2016
I am delighted to join you today for the launch of the Caribbean Human Development Report: “Multidimensional Progress: Human Resilience Beyond Income”. I thank Minister McClean, and the Government and people of Barbados for the very warm welcome, and for…
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Barbados gets mixed review in 2016 Caribbean HDR
By Colville Mounsey From Barbados Today Women living in Barbados and St Vincent and the Grenadines can expect a fairer shot at senior managerial jobs when compared to their counterparts in other Caribbean countries. This is according to data contained…
UN and Red Cross partnering for a stronger Caribbean
From International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) Caribbean countries have long dealt with natural hazards stemming from geological and meteorological conditions of islands in the Caribbean sea. Collectively, these hazards have caused loss of life and…
Boosting Resilience in the Caribbean Countries
By Jessica Faieta, Inter Press Service | Op-Ed From Truth Out United Nations – Having lived and worked for more than a decade in four Caribbean countries, I have witnessed firsthand how Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are extremely vulnerable…
Poverty in Latin America and Caribbean reduced by half: Study
From RTT News Poverty in Latin America and the Caribbean has been reduced by almost half in the last decade, and the middle class grew by 82 million people, from 21 percent of the population in 2000 to 34 percent…
