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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...


Climate change is a continuous process that began centuries ago. Today the pace of change has increased with greater rapidity because of global warming induced by anthropogenically generated greenhouse gases (GHG). Failure to effectively deal with the adverse outcomes can easily disrupt plans for...


The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean presents its fourth edition of the Women in Development Bibliography. The online bibliography provides references on women, gender and development for Caribbean and non-Caribbean publica...


The agricultural sector‟s contribution to GDP and to exports in Jamaica has been declining with the post-war development process that has led to the differentiation of the economy. In 2010, the sector contributed 5.8% of GDP, and 3% to the exports (of goods), but with 36% of employment, it contin...


This study presents an analysis of extreme events in the Caribbean subregion for the period 1990 to 2008, and forms part of a similar, wider study focused on the Latin America and the Caribbean region (Central America and South America being the other two subregional components). It explores the ...


Describe los origenes y las caracteristicas de los fenomenos naturales que han causado los desastres, identifica y cuantifica los danos a los sectores productivos y sociales y a la infraestructura, y senala la dificil situacion economica de Bolivia, Ecuador y Peru. Presenta un listado de proyecto...


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