Strategy and results framework for comprehensive disaster management in the Caribbean
The overarching goal to which the Comprehensive Disaster Management Strategy will contribute is sustainable development in the Caribbean. The region faces significant development challenges as its small, export-dependent countries adjust to loss of preferences in an increasingly competitive global economy. New technologies and rapid changes in the global market present ne w opportunities, but require the region to adjust or else be left behind. The region must do all that it can to encourage investment in competitive enterprises, including measures to reduce risks to that investment and the infrastructure on which it depends.