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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the World Resources Institute (WRI) developed the Climate Resilient Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Governance and Performance Indicators during 2018 and conducted a pilot study in Belize in 2019.
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This study explored individual and household (IH) preparedness in The Bahamas – a small island developing state in the Caribbean.
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This publication assesses how new data technologies are helping innovative assessment methodologies, implementation, and monitoring of nature-based approaches in integrated coastal zone management and disaster risk management in LAC.
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This seismic risk profile of the Bahamas, produced by the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation summarizes key metrics of seismic risk, allowing stakeholders in risk management to get an overview of the risk in the country.
Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems’Capacities in the Caribbean Region
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This study provides an updated assessment of the status of MHEWS for all CDEMA Participating States (PS).
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This report seeks to analyse the strengths and gaps of the legal and policy frameworks related to disaster recovery in The Bahamas, particularly within the context of the ongoing recovery efforts from Hurricane Dorian.
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The contributing paper explains how indirect economic impacts are computed, the necessary input data, and includes example applications for a hypothetical multi-dam breach, a hypothetical earthquake, and a hypothetical hurricane in the Caribbean.
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This country profile for the Bahamas provides a summary of available evidence on climate hazards, health vulnerabilities, health impacts and progress to date in health sector efforts to realize a climate-resilient health system.

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