CDB makes US$140M available to counter COVID-19 pandemic, other disasters Michelle Nurse Apr 3, 2020 0 “The US$140 million allocation is the first of a package of assistance that CDB is developing to assist our…
Caribbean needs financial backing Michelle Nurse Apr 3, 2020 0 (Guyana Chronicle) IN an earnest letter on behalf of the Caribbean Region, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda,…
IICA establishes Advisory Council for Food Security in the Americas Michelle Nurse Apr 3, 2020 0 The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) has established a Food Security Advisory Council…
Five Ways That COVID-19 Has Changed What Food Insecurity Looks Like In The… Michelle Nurse Apr 2, 2020 0 (Forbes) Caribbean countries are familiar with the risk that comes with a lack of food sovereignty. It has long…
Protecting the Caribbean’s most vulnerable people in face of COVID-19 Michelle Nurse Apr 2, 2020 0 A UN Resident Coordinator blog (United Nations News) The United Nations is working closely with governments…
COVID-19 redesigning the Foreign Trade Policy Agenda Kendol Morgan Apr 1, 2020 0 By Elizabeth Morgan In my article on January 8, I outlined the Caribbean’s foreign trade policy agenda for 2020,…
LIAT issues travel restrictions Michelle Nurse Apr 1, 2020 0 (PRESS RELEASE) – LIAT wishes to advise that due to updated travel restrictions and border closures imposed by…
OPINION – Zero Hour: Our Region in the Face of the Pandemic Michelle Nurse Mar 31, 2020 0 Op-ed by Alicia Bárcena, ECLAC Executive Secretary (Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean)…
Mitigating impacts of COVID-19 on food trade, markets Michelle Nurse Mar 31, 2020 0 (Food and Agriculture Organisation, 31 March 2020, Rome/Geneva) - Millions of people around the world depend on…