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CCRIF: A proactive stance against 'natural' disasters - Barbados

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Communiqué from Barbados, Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley

'The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility is one of the ways the Caribbean region has begun to take a proactive stance against natural disasters. Our involvement in the launch and success of the world’s first regional risk insurance facility is a signal to international donors, lending agencies, insurance markets and indeed our local disaster agencies and citizens, that Caribbean governments are leading the way in pre-disaster planning by working to develop programmes and policies to mitigate natural disasters long before they happen.'

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Themes Insurance and risk transfer Governance Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Barbados
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