A strong agriculture sector and food security system can diversify the economy and systematically strengthen national capacities to better manage risk and recovery from exogenous and endogenous shocks...
In the wake of COVID-19, tourism on Bonaire is showing signs of rapid and near-complete recovery. At the same time, the population has continued to grow significantly. In 2019 and 2020 this growth was...
The objective of this Program was to enhance the long term resilience and adaptation capacity of OCTs to extreme and recurrent natural hazards to the benefit of the most vulnerable. Specifically, this...
Historical losses due to hurricanes have been significant in Sint Maarten (SXM) since 1960, with the most severe impact having been experienced in 2017 following Hurricane Irma. The objective of this report...
In 2020-2021 Curaçao suffered an extended hiatus in tourism and disruption to its economy caused by the COVID-19 lockdown. Nearly two-thirds of Curaçao’s households reported a drop in income during the...
An estimation of the potential economic losses to property caused by adverse natural hazards is a country disaster risk profile. This brief focuses on hurricanes and earthquakes risk profile of Sint Maarten.
An estimation of the potential economic losses to property caused by adverse natural hazards is a country disaster risk profile. This brief focuses on hurricanes and earthquakes risk profile of Bonaire.
An estimation of the potential economic losses to property caused by adverse natural hazards is a country disaster risk profile. This brief focuses on hurricanes and earthquakes risk profile of Aruba.
An estimation of the potential economic losses to property caused by adverse natural hazards is a country disaster risk profile. This brief focuses on hurricanes and earthquakes risk profile of Sint Eustatius.
The objective of this report is to provide recommendations to the Government of Sint Maarten (GoSXM) for the formulation of a country-specific comprehensive disaster risk financing (DRF) strategy based...
A rapid recovery of tourism and the influx of FDI provides Bonaire with opportunities and challenges. Tourism and FDI provide opportunities to create employment, reduce poverty, stimulate regional development...
This report focuses on the following: what food security means in the Curaçao context; parameters of Curaçao's food importation and production potential; assessing Curaçao's ability to enhance food security;...
In 2017, Hurricane Irma caused severe damages and losses in Anguilla. One life was lost, and homes and businesses across the island were severely damaged. The lead agency for this initiative is the Anguilla...
During the two days of the learning event, 20 counterparts from three different government ministries joined from Anguilla, Grenada, Montserrat, and Saint Lucia. The event was designed as an “action planning...
This report provides an overview of the training collaboration project between The University of the West Indies Open Campus (UWIOC), the World Bank and its partners to facilitate learning in Disaster...
Over the last 20 years, natural disasters have caused direct damages amounting to US$1.6 billion per year. Just a few months ago, with the onslaught of Hurricane Dorian on The Bahamas, we were reminded...
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a global pandemic and called on countries to activate and expand response mechanisms. In response, the Governor of Bonaire announced the...