Latin America and Caribbean
Botswana
Romania
Paraguay
Tunisia
Bulgaria
Belarus
Tuvalu
Zambia
Uganda
Tanzania
Dominican Republic
South Africa
Somalia
Solomon Islands
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Mauritius
Mauritania
Sao Tome and Principe
Saint Lucia
Liberia
Jamaica
Guinea
Fiji
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Dominica
Congo Democratic Republic
Comoros
Cameroon
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Jordan
Suriname
Zimbabwe
Uzbekistan
Tajikistan
Iraq
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Tunisia
Trinidad and Tobago
Marshall Islands
Cook Islands
Grenada
Mauritius
Eritrea
Mauritania
Sao Tome and Principe
Guinea
Gabon
Congo Democratic Republic
Chad
Angola
Guatemala
Cameroon
Georgia
Fiji
Cambodia
El Salvador
Egypt
Burundi
Lesotho
Ecuador
Brazil
Lebanon
Dominica
Bolivia
Kyrgyz Republic
Bhutan
Kiribati
Djibouti
Belize
Kenya
Costa Rica
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Comoros
Bangladesh
Jamaica
Argentina
Colombia
Albania
India
China
Afghanistan
Guyana
Chile
Indonesia
Panama
Vanuatu
Mongolia
Haiti
Uruguay
Sierra Leone
Moldova
Nepal
Uganda
Serbia
Morocco
Ghana
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Madagascar
Turkey
Samoa
Liberia
Burkina Faso
Tonga
Rwanda
Malawi
Timor-Leste
Philippines
Senegal
Thailand
Peru
Togo
Tanzania
Papua New Guinea
Benin
Pakistan
Ethiopia
Sri Lanka
Nigeria
South Africa
Niger
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Somalia
Namibia
Yemen
Myanmar
Seychelles
Vietnam
Solomon Islands
Mozambique
In FY18, GFDRR supported activities in more than 16 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. These activities helped leverage $261 million in development finance across the region.
In Latin America and the Caribbean where and how people build is leading to a rise in economic losses caused by natural disasters. Urbanization and population increase means a growing number of people, homes, and public infrastructure are exposed to natural hazards. More than half of the region’s GDP is exposed to the effects of two or more natural hazards.
Many countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are gradually shifting from a post-disaster focus to proactive risk management, supported by improved risk assessments and a renewed focus on land use planning and building codes. They are also designing risk financing strategies to better absorb the financial shocks of natural hazards. As a result, the majority of GFDRR grants went to risk assessments to inform future large-scale investments. Haiti continues to be the largest recipient of GFDRR support in the region, with most grants going toward helping the government to better identify and reduce risks and to prepare it for future disasters. GFDRR also assisted Guatemala with rapid recovery from a 7.2 magnitude earthquake in November 2012. GFDRR is currently helping governments develop risk-financing initiatives in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Mexico.
Grants Awarded by GFDRR 2007 - Present
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