“The Caribbean has been really smart in using the social investment funds as a generic platform to promote not only the disaster risk management agenda, but the social aspect as well. For instance, Belize is implementing a similar social investment fund to the one set up by Jamaica. It is a nice message from small, vulnerable countries that are exposed to natural hazards: we cannot think with a siloed mentality.”
“The World Bank has tripled its Disaster Risk Reduction support over the last decade. This has occurred due to three main reasons: the Bank’s corporate support for climate change as a priority agenda; availability of trust funds, particularly GFDRR; and a supportive global context reflecting the understanding of our client countries that climate change is a priority.”
