I started my new job as World Bank Director for the Caribbean this summer and I must say it was baptism by fire. Although luckily, the 2021 hurricane season in the Caribbean was not that bad, the region saw quite a few serious calamities. In April, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines dealt with a volcano, Barbados had its first hurricane in over 60 years in July, and Haiti had a devastating 7.2 magnitude earthquake on August 14. And this is on top of the economic and social shocks brought on by the COVID-19 crisis.
Cambodia on December 5 removed its ban on travellers from 10 African countries after a nearly one-week suspension due to the Omicron variant of COVID-19, according to Health Minister Mam Bunheng.
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Haiti, a nation vulnerable to earthquakes, hurricanes, and floods with high levels of poverty, rapid & unregulated urbanization, and fragile government agencies was able to draw on financing it had planned and organized well ahead of the earthquake and tropical storm of 2021.