CCRIF: A proactive stance against 'natural' disasters - Barbados
Communiqué from Barbados, Deputy Prime Minister Mia Mottley
'The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility is one of the ways the Caribbean region has begun to take a proactive stance against natural disasters. Our involvement in the launch and success of the world’s first regional risk insurance facility is a signal to international donors, lending agencies, insurance markets and indeed our local disaster agencies and citizens, that Caribbean governments are leading the way in pre-disaster planning by working to develop programmes and policies to mitigate natural disasters long before they happen.'