Haiti would need an estimated US$1.2 billion to deal with the initial damage caused by the August 14 earthquake, according to an initial impact assessment report discussed Monday during a technical steering committee meeting chaired by Prime Minister Ariel Henry. Senior government ministers, as well as officials from the United Nations, the European Union, and the World Bank, were present at … [Read more...]
Caribbean Tourism: Is the lure of the beach enough?
Sometime in the next 12 months, when the pandemic is fully brought under control in North America and Europe, visitors will return to the Caribbean in significant numbers. Once that begins to happen, governments, conscious of tourism’s ability to drive rapid GDP growth, will encourage the fastest possible restoration of pre-pandemic arrival levels. This is understandable, but begs two … [Read more...]
Caribbean-Health-IDB in digital platform project for Latin America and Caribbean
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Monday said it has joined with a number of firms including Microsoft, to provide governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) with immediate digital solutions helping to ensure the continuity of administrative procedures during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It said that the Digi/Gob platform, which is also being developed with the … [Read more...]
Between two storms: Caribbean braces for hurricanes in coronavirus era
[Reprinted: WKZO 5-29-2020] Ken Hutton is worried Great Abaco Island in the Bahamas where he lives is far from rebuilt after being devastated by Hurricane Dorian last year yet he is bracing for another hurricane season in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. The business consultant feels lucky to have survived Dorian, which tore the hurricane shutters off his house and sucked out the … [Read more...]
IDB Study Predicts Health and Education Manpower Shortage In Jamaica by 2040
A recent study done by the Inter American Development Bank (IDB) predicts that Jamaica will need just under 50,000 additional doctors and nurses and a similar amount for teachers by year 2040. On a wider scope the study revealed that Latin America and the Caribbean will need approximately 12 million teachers, 3 million doctors and 8 million nurses by the year 2040. For decades it as been well … [Read more...]