IDB Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/idb/ ECS International, ECSII, Healthcare Mon, 23 Mar 2026 15:04:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://ecsii.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-1-e14442028662682-32x32.png IDB Archives - ECS International https://ecsii.com/category/idb/ 32 32 Haiti Earthquake Caused Over US$1 Billion in Damage https://ecsii.com/haiti-earthquake-caused-over-us1-billion-in-damage/ Mon, 30 Aug 2021 14:59:44 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4132 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 Read More

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]]> Caribbean Tourism: Is the lure of the beach enough? https://ecsii.com/caribbean-tourism-is-the-lure-of-the-beach-enough/ Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:14:56 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=4015 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 Read More

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]]> Caribbean-Health-IDB in digital platform project for Latin America and Caribbean https://ecsii.com/caribbean-health-idb-in-digital-platform-project-for-latin-america-and-caribbean/ Wed, 17 Jun 2020 19:17:00 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2921 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 Read More

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]]> Between two storms: Caribbean braces for hurricanes in coronavirus era https://ecsii.com/between-two-storms-caribbean-braces-for-hurricanes-in-coronavirus-era/ Tue, 02 Jun 2020 16:23:58 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=2893 [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 Read More

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]]> IDB Study Predicts Health and Education Manpower Shortage In Jamaica by 2040 https://ecsii.com/idb-study-predicts-health-and-education-manpower-shortage-in-jamaica-by-2040-2/ Thu, 14 Mar 2019 21:21:38 +0000 https://ecsii.com/?p=1942 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 Read More

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