Where We Work

Latin America and Caribbean (LAC)

Funding Portfolio

$31.7M Active

$19.3M New

46 Active

23 New

*New grants started in the most recent fiscal year.

By recent estimates, Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is one of the most vulnerable regions to extreme weather events—five of the top ten countries most affected by climate globally are in the LAC region. The work that is being done to reconstruct entire nations and strengthen resilience, particularly in the Caribbean, is continuous. Efforts to mainstream resilience across development sectors are making significant progress, with ongoing country engagements broadening to include more in-depth policy reforms, as well as innovative applications of solutions for safer housing, insurance, quality infrastructure, and more resilient cities.

Sendai Priorities

Priority 1Understanding disaster risk

Priority 2Strengthening disaster risk governance to manage disaster risk

Priority 3Investing in disaster risk reduction for resilience

Priority 4Enhancing disaster preparedness for effective response and to “Build Back Better” in recovery, rehabilitation and reconstruction

GFDRR Grants

Data only includes core program grants.

Name	Country	Status	Amount	Start	Complete	Funding Source
EU-CRF: Second Central America and Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Project		Active	$11,841,000.00	9/2021	12/2022	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Technical Assistance Program for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance in Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories		Active	$2,856,323.78	5/2019	2/2023	Technical Assistance Program for Disaster Risk Financing and Insurance in Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories EU
Strengthening Multi-Hazard, Emergency Preparedness and Response Systems in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Active	$1,865,902.50	12/2021	12/2022	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Caribbean Physical and Financial Resilience Building Program		Active	$1,150,142.75	8/2020	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Caribbean Disaster Risk Financing Technical Assistance Program		Active	$751,707.89	12/2019	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Haiti - Strengthening Preparedness, Response and Resilient Recovery	Haiti	Active	$751,099.30	12/2021	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Enhancing Resilient Territorial Development in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Active	$751,029.95	12/2019	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Enhancing Resilient Reconstruction in Dominica	Dominica	Complete	$661,679.50	6/2018	10/2021	European Union (EU) - African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) Region Disaster Reduction Partnership Trust Fund
Building Physical, Fiscal and Inclusive Resilience in Haiti	Haiti	Active	$603,090.02	5/2020	12/2022	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Southern Brazil Urban Resilience and Brazil DRM Program Support.	Brazil	Active	$600,000.00	3/2020	2/2023	Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries – Second Phase
Strengthening Disaster Risk Preparedness and Response Capacities for a Resilient Recovery in Central America		Active	$600,000.00	11/2020	11/2022	Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries – Second Phase
Strengthening Disaster Risk Management, Resilience of Urban Water and Sanitation Services, and Dam Safety in the Dominican Republic	Dominican Republic	Active	$570,000.00	2/2022	2/2024	Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries – Second Phase
Support to the Caribbean Ocean and Aquaculture Sustainability Facility (COAST)		Active	$503,918.00	12/2021	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Guyana - Resilient, Green and Inclusive Flood Investment Baseline for the Georgetown Metropolitan Area	Guyana	Active	$503,408.95	7/2020	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Improving Urban Resilience of Coastal Cities in the Caribbean through Resilient Infrastructure and Urban Planning		Active	$500,000.81	3/2020	2/2023	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Haiti: Evaluating flexible approaches to cash transfers for emergency-response	Haiti	Active	$500,000.56	6/2020	10/2022	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Towards Shock Responsive Social Protection in LAC Region		Active	$500,000.00	5/2022	5/2024	MDTF GFDRR Multi-Donor Trust Fund for Supporting Disaster and Climate Resilience in Developing Countries
Enhancing capacity to design and implement resilient transport systems in Haiti	Haiti	Active	$500,000.00	1/2021	1/2023	Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries – Second Phase
Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Public Infrastructure Management in Haiti	Haiti	Active	$448,183.69	5/2020	12/2022	Caribbean Regional Resilience Building Facility EU
Improving adaptability and readiness of housing programs to disasters and climate change related events in Mexico	Mexico	Active	$400,000.00	3/2022	3/2024	Japan-World Bank Program for Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Management in Developing Countries – Second Phase