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ECLAC Asks for Reconsidering the Criteria to Measure and Classify Development, and Suspending the “Graduations” of Middle-Income Countries During the Pandemic The regional organization’s Executive Secretary, Alicia Bárcena, participated in a debate on the second day of the 20th session of the United Nations High-level Committee on South-South Cooperation.
2 June 2021|Press Release
The region of Latin America and the Caribbean is basically made up of middle-income countries that, in the context of financing for development, have been left out of access to concessional funds, especially Caribbean island states and small, Central American economies. That is why it is urgently necessary to reconsider the criteria for measuring and classifying de
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News Alert: Hurricane Season Could Delay COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Further Worsen Pandemic’s Economic Fallout
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As the Atlantic hurricane season officially begins, Mercy Corps warns that hurricanes could disrupt or severely delay the vaccine rollout in Caribbean countries and territories where vaccination campaigns are underway. 9.1 million doses have been administered across 29 countries/territories in the Caribbean, with several countries, including Haiti, yet to begin vaccination efforts.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s forecast for the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season predicts another above-normal season, with 3-5 major hurricanes predicted.
Erynn Carter, Mercy Corps’ Senior Director for Humanitarian Response, explains:
“With vaccines slowly trickling in across the region, a major hurricane would seriously derail the vaccine rollout. The logistics of vaccine delivery are already very complicated. Every step would be that much harder if the p