Dominica

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This essay illuminates four reoccurring obstructions to transitioning the Hyogo Framework for Action (HFA) into grassroots praxis and offers empirical case studies to highlight these: community ownership of risk, youth involvement, bipartisan support for

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This report reviews information on drought characteristics and management in the Caribbean region, identifies the relevant national and regional agencies and focal points involved in drought management, and brings together information on their work at

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This new publication from the World Meteorological Organization provides a wide-ranging description of how small island States and territories in the Caribbean, Indian Ocean and Pacific regions are using seasonal predictions and other climate information

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Scientific Reports 5, Article no.: 11972, doi:10.1038/srep11972:

This paper aims to elucidate risk factors for mortality due to storms and floods i.e the lethality of these events in CARICOM countries. The authors conducted an ecological study

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This document focuses on the Performance Monitoring Framework (PMF) for the Comprehensive Disaster Management (CDM) Strategy 2014-2024. It presents the five instruments to guide the monitoring and evaluation (MER) processes at regional, national and CDEMA

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This Rapid Damage and Impact Assessment was prepared following the devastating impacts of Tropical Storm Erika on August 27, 2015, to provide the Dominican government with a quantitative basis to design and build a comprehensive recovery strategy.
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This paper is part of a series highlighting the World Bank's achievements in disaster risk management initiatives. It presents the World Bank’s disaster-related engagement in the Eastern Caribbean in the context of a a $150,000 grant from the Global

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This document is intended to provide a comprehensive overview of Dominica's status in relation to Disaster Risk Reduction and serve as a reference guide for policy design, strategic planning and decision making.

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