Caribbean News # 15 - Jun.-Jul. 2008

June/July 2008 – Number 15   A bimonthly newsletter for the Caribbean Region

1. Latin America and the Caribbean:  Impact of the Food Price Crisis
2. Pamela Cox, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean visits Haiti
3. Operational Innovations: The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF)
4. Haiti:  don de 15,7 millions des dollars destiné au développement communautaire urbain
5. St. Lucia:  Additional US$ 3 million for Disaster Management
6. República Dominicana:  Banco Mundial y Cámara de Diputados otorgan fondos a Organizaciones de la Sociedad Civil
7. Haiti: US$ 1.6 million grant to Prevent Avian Flu

1.  Food price inflation has increased across the entire Latin American and the Caribbean region, affecting both food exporting and food importing countries. Food price inflation was high worldwide in 2007, and Latin America and the Caribbean was no exception  read

2.  "I visited projects where communities are taking charge of their own development, contributing their efforts to make a difference and improve their lives" said on Haiti Pamela Cox, World Bank Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean   read

3.  The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) was recently established to provide CARICOM Governments with an insurance instrument, which furnishes short-term liquidity if they suffer catastrophic losses from a hurricane or earthquake  read

4.  Le Projet de développement communautaire urbain améliorera les infrastructures de base et les services sociaux destinés aux habitants des zones urbaines défavorisées, entre autres Cité Soleil et Bel Air  lire   

5.  The additional US$3 million will  further reduce St. Lucia’s vulnerability to adverse natural disasters by supporting disaster preparedness and mitigation planning  read

6.   El Banco Mundial y la Cámara de Diputados premiaron a seis organizaciones de la sociedad civil ganadoras del Fondo de Desarrollo Social para la Sociedad Civil antiguamente conocido como Fondo de Pequeñas Donaciones del Banco Mundial  leer

7.   “This project aims to confront the threat posed by Avian Influenza infection to the poultry sector, and to prevent a potential human influenza pandemic,” said Yvonne Tsikata, World Bank Country Director for the Caribbean  read  (en français)

See also:

*   NEWS FROM LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
*   NEW PUBLICATIONS FROM THE WORLD BANK
*   UPCOMING AND ONGOING ACTIVITIES
*   JOB VACANCIES  

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