Wednesday, July 27, 2022
The world has changed in the last two years. Governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) face the massive challenge of rebuilding post-pandemic economies. But one thing is certain: Women in the region were hit the hardest during the COVID-19...
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America, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Uruguay
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Friday, June 18, 2021
The rapid growth in food poverty since the start of the pandemic has focused the minds of local elected officials on “the best way to support both farmers who are in difficulty due to the closure of collective catering facilities and poor families, whose...
Country:
America, Antigua and Barbuda, Europe, France
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Tuesday, May 19, 2020
Every country in the world has been touched by COVID-19. Countries of the Eastern Caribbean, like many other Small Island Developing States, are especially vulnerable to the social and economic impacts of the crisis that is affecting all segments of the...
Country:
America, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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Sunday, December 8, 2019
The United Nation’s World Food Programme (WFP) has described Latin America and the Caribbean as “a laboratory for climate action,” as world leaders gather in Madrid, Spain for the 25th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25).
But it is...
Country:
America, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Curaçao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Martin (French part), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Virgin Islands (U.S.)
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Friday, October 20, 2017
Two hundred and fourteen children from Barbuda received psycho social assistance after the trauma of hurricane Irma, through the Return to Happiness Program implemented from Oct. 2 to 7 by 17 education specialists.
Country:
America, Antigua and Barbuda
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Saturday, September 3, 2016
As government moves to enact the National Social Protection Bill, the country’s Minister of Social Transformation and Human Resource Development, Samantha Marshall, remains adamant that it will only benefit the poor and vulnerable.
Country:
America, Antigua and Barbuda
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Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Minister of Social Transformation Samantha Marshall has disclosed that several initiatives will be brought on stream shortly to improve the current programmes at her ministry.
Country:
America, Antigua and Barbuda
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Thursday, August 15, 2013
Antigua and Barbuda opened a new chapter in its relationship with the World Bank by signing its first multi-million dollar loan agreement with the financial institution. The US$10 million loan will finance the country’s public and social sector reform...
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America, Antigua and Barbuda
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Sunday, January 13, 2013
Government has installed a National Social Protection Commission to support the country’s social protection mandate. The commission has been institutionalised to facilitate the co-ordination of social sectors and the development of common tools and...
Country:
America, Antigua and Barbuda
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