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VACCINE INEQUITY UNDERMINING GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

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New Global Dashboard on COVID-19 Vaccine Equity finds low-income countries would add $38 billion to their GDP forecast for 2021 if they had the same vaccination rate as high-income countries.…

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The World Bank (International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, or IBRD) priced a catastrophe bond that will provide the Government of Jamaica with financial protection of up to US $185…

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Today marks the day Bahamas became a fully independent nation, officially separating from the United Kingdom on July 10th in 1973. A week-long celebration is held leading up to the…

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Canada Day is a federal statutory holiday, which celebrates the anniversary of Canadian Confederation which occurred on July 1st, 1867. This came with the passing of the Constitution Act where…

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On 22 June 1948, hundreds of Caribbean people were brought to Tilbury Docks, Essex, in the United Kingdom, on the Empire Windrush ship. Records show that the ship was carrying 1,027 passengers. According to…

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“Innovation, Transformation, and Sustainable Development” is the anchoring theme of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), which is scheduled for between June 15th…

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The Cooperative Republic of Guyana celebrates Independence Day on 26th May every year. The holiday commemorates the anniversary of Guyana’s independence from the United Kingdom on the same day in…

CARIBBEAN AND AMERICAS

VACCINE INEQUITY UNDERMINING GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY

FINANCIAL BOOST FOR STORM PROTECTION IN JAMAICA

NATIONAL DAY – BAHAMAS

CANADA DAY

WINDRUSH DAY

INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE CARIBBEAN

NATIONAL DAY – GUYANA

NATIONAL DAY – VANUATU

40% OF CHILDREN IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA NOT IN SCHOOL

WORLD HEPATITIS DAY

EARLY SIGNS OF ECONOMIC RECOVERY IN SIERRA LEONE