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This desk review aims at evaluating gender-responsive disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in the nine CFR Caribbean countries.

The disaster risk reduction (DRR) - PFM (public financial management) review focuses on five key elements of the PFM system in Jamaica: legal and institutional foundations; budget appropriation arrangements; financial management controls; procurement

This report aims to provide an overview of the gender and climate resilience nexus in the Caribbean and provide gender-inclusive recommendations for climate resilience programmes in the region. This report has been developed within the context of the

This paper describes a modeling methodology that embeds climate damages from natural disasters and risk management strategies into a macroeconomic model for Jamaica. The modeled damages take the form of capital destruction, and the risk management

Cover and source: Government of Jamaica
The Water Resources Authority was asked by the Office of Disaster Preparedness and Emergency Management to conduct a site visit to Shooter’s Hill St. Andrew to investigate the recent landslides and to advice on possible corrective or mitigative measures.

This study assesses the dollar benefit of a neighborhood approach intervention on disaster risk reduction in small-sized, densely populated, and hazard-prone informal settlements across Latin American and Caribbean countries. The authors use a life

With the example of Grenada, Jamaica, Mozambique and Tajikistan, this report of the Climate Investment Funds (CFI) is about how can PPCR support developing countries to upgrade and modernize their weather and climate information services (WCIS).

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CORVI is an analytical tool designed to help governments, businesses, and financial institutions, assess climate risks in coastal cities and pinpoint areas of action to adapt to current and future risks.

As the risks from climate change continue to grow

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