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In collaboration with the National Emergency Management Organization ECLAC conducted a three-day damage assessment workshop on the ECLAC methodology to assess sectoral, social, environmental and macro economic effects of natural disasters.

Ce Manuel a été élaboré avec le soutien et l'expérience d'experts et d'organismes des Nations Unies travaillant depuis plus de trente ans dans ce domaine ; il reflète également les connaissances les plus récentes quant à l'évaluation des pertes et des dommages causés par les catastrophes naturell...

The small island developing States (SIDS) of the Caribbean referred to in this report comprise Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, ...

Tropical Depression 16 (TD16) crept up on disparate populations in Belize over a period 8-16 October 2008. TD16 struck less than five months after the first named tropical storm of the 2008 Atlantic season, Arthur. The storm had been forecasted to dump up to 10 inches of rain over Belize and up t...

Many Caribbean youth are doing reasonably well. They live in loving and caring families, attend school and are involved in various social activities in their communities. The health and well-being of the children and youth1 in the Caribbean is, and has been, the centre of attention of many studie...

This assessment was prepared for the Government of Jamaica following the significant damages to social and economic infrastructure and productive sectors as a result of a period of sustained and unusual rainfall associated with the convergence of a tropical wave over Jamaica and an area of high p...