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Displaying 7 of about 7 resultsThis report presents the results of the Sectoral Recovery Capacity Assessment (SRCA) undertaken in Antigua and Barbuda to assess the capacity of the country’s agriculture sector to plan, design, implement, monitor, and evaluate resilient and inclusive recovery projects. Agriculture was selected as the priority sector for the SRCA by the Government of An…
On September 6, 2017, Hurricane Irma hit the Islands of Barbuda and Antigua with catastrophic effects. Hurricane Irma made landfall as a category 5 storm (Saffir-Simpson scale). Compounding the situation, on September 18, Hurricane Maria (also a category 5 storm) affected the island of Antigua. Although Hurricane Maria did not make landfall, Antigua was…
Cette étude porte sur les changements côtiers et les inondations suite au passage d’un ouragan de catégorie 5 (Irma) les 5 et 6 septembre 2017 sur les îles de Saint-Martin et Saint-Barthélemy aux Antilles. Selon l'étude, les systèmes côtiers ont répondu très différemment en fonction du degré d’artificialisation de la côte, révélant des changem…
This paper explains the excess rainfall parametric insurance product of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) and Swiss Re Excess Rainfall (XSR), which helps to mitigate the short-term cash flow problems small developing economies suffer after major natural disasters. The product is aimed primarily at extreme high rainfall events of…
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This paper explains the parametric insurance system of the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) in the event of a hurricane or an earthquake. The paper explains the differences between parametric insurance systems and indemnity-based systems, how payments are calculated, and the CCRIB catastrophe model.…
This desk review recognizes the importance of evidence-based approaches to disaster risk management (DRM), and aims at evaluating gender-responsive disaster preparedness and recovery efforts in the nine CFR Caribbean countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Suriname. T…
The aim of the Enabling Gender-Responsive Disaster Recovery, Climate and Environmental Resilience in the Caribbean (EnGenDER) Project is to identify and address any gaps to ensure equal access to disaster risk resilience, climate change and environment solutions for women, men, boys and girls in nine beneficiary Caribbean countries, including Antigua an…