The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching impacts on how people earn a living and meet critical needs. The Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey was launched by CARICOM to rapidly gather data on impacts to livelihoods, food security and access to markets.
The impacts of climate variability and change are already visible in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). Â鶹ÊÓƵ is working with governments, communities and other partners in LAC to strengthen people¡¯s climate resilience.
Risk finance is an important tool in support of Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s mandate: Saving lives, Changing lives. This brochure presents Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s strategy and approach in Latin America and the Caribbean.
There is global recognition of the promising linkages between social protection and disaster risk management (DRM) in responding to and mitigating shocks, and in contributing to strengthening the humanitarian¨Cdevelopment nexus. It is in this context that the Â鶹ÊÓƵ (Â鶹ÊÓƵ) and Oxford Policy Management (OPM) began a research project in 2016 on shock-responsive social protection in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC). In 2019 and 2020, the study focuses on the Caribbean where several governments have used social protection programmes and systems to reach people impacted by disasters. This report studies the case of Jamaica and identifies the factors that would allow the social protection system to be more responsive. The box below briefly summarises the theoretical framework for this case study.
The COVID-19 pandemic is having far-reaching impacts on how people earn a living and meet critical needs. The Caribbean COVID-19 Food Security and Livelihoods Impact Survey was launched by CARICOM to rapidly gather data on impacts to livelihoods, food security and access to markets. Prepared by the Â鶹ÊÓƵ with support from the Food and Agriculture Organization, the survey link was shared via social media, email and media.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ¡¯s Caribbean Risk Financing Strategy aims to ensure that the most vulnerable populations in the Caribbean are better protected through social protection systems that are more shock-responsive due to predictable, rapid and flexible financing. Read this factsheet to learn more.
