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The Cost of Economic Growth in the Dominican Republic
Written by Jonathan Welle
(Para una versión en español de este artículo, entrar aquí). Nina needed a place to put her trash. The rusty garbage bin near her house, like the bin down the street, was filled to the brim just days after the town’s garbage collectors made their weekly visit to Nina’s street […]
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CARICOM: Good Ideas, Bad Execution
Written by Neelam J. Melwani
Moving from the Caribbean to Europe was an interesting experience for me. One thing that really astonished me was how integrated EU countries were. I hadn’t realized (prior to moving here) how easy it would be to move around, use the same currency and allow information to flow freely between […]
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Catastrophe bonds: Financial innovations insuring against severe climate events (or high-loss level events)
Written by Searchlight Process
This article was originally drafted by Fernando Prada and the FORO Nacional Internacional as part of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Searchlight Process. For more Searchlight content on futurechallenges.org, please click here. The vulnerability to natural disasters of communities in Latin America and the Caribbean is increasing, yet governments are prioritizing responses to disasters rather than prevention. Catastrophe bonds, […]
