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COVID-19: Looming crisis in developing countries threatens to devastate economies, ramp up…

Michelle Nurse Mar 31, 2020 0

(United Nations Development Programme) – The growing COVID-19 crisis threatens to disproportionately hit developing countries, not only as a health crisis in the short term but as a devastating social and economic crisis over the months and…
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CARICOM records noteworthy successes in 2017 despite challenges

Michelle Nurse Dec 27, 2017 0

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The more than US$2B pledged at the CARICOM-UN Conference for long-term recovery for hurricane-affected countries and the establishment of the regional renewable energy center…
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CARICOM, UN Chiefs, Heads of Government call for support to build back better in Caribbean

Michelle Nurse Nov 17, 2017 0

New York, 15 November 2017 – After two back-to-back category five hurricanes swept across the Caribbean two months ago cutting a swathe of destruction, taking lives and impacting livelihoods, recovery costs are estimated at over…
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