Regional News

Caribbean Countries To Improve Insurance Coverage Against Earthquakes, Climate Risks

KATOWICE, Poland–German government-owned development bank KfW has made the single largest donation to the Central America and Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Programme (CACCRIP) that will help regional countries access more affordable coverage.   The World […]

Local News

Grenada Among Four Countries To Benefit From Regional Rainwater Harvesting Project

CASTRIES, St Lucia (CMC) — Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, and St Lucia have been earmarked for the installation of rainwater harvesting systems to strengthen their climate resilience through the management of water challenges. Technical experts in the […]

Regional News

Building Resilience to Natural Disasters in the Caribbean Requires Greater Preparedness

By Sònia Muñoz and İnci Ötker (IMF NEWS)-As global warming continues to increase sea-water temperatures, the Caribbean is becoming more vulnerable to increasingly frequent and damaging natural disasters. Policies that build resilience in Caribbean countries—such as strengthening […]

No Picture
Regional News

Grenada PM Calls For Easier Intra-Caribbean Travel

CASTRIES – Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr Keith Mitchell has called on Caribbean countries to make sincere efforts to encourage easier intra-regional travel and do away with the heavy taxes that discourage free movement of the […]