http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9824382gOsA Flooding is by no means a problem experienced alone by those in tropical climates, but it afflicts the lives of people across the world. In February of this year, we saw the villages of Moorland and Fordgate in the United Kingdom besieged by flood waters and the grim impact of flooding in Burundi. Further underscoring the case that … [Read more...] about Combatting the Terror of Flooding
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Caribbean shines at IDB’s XIII Civil Society Meeting
The Caribbean region made its mark during the concluded IDB XIII Civil Society Meeting held in Colombia in November 2013. Members of Civil Society voiced that this was an “extra-ordinary framework for collaboration among civil society actors” and congratulated the IDB for its continued support to this type of engagement. The Network of NGOs for the Advancement of … [Read more...] about Caribbean shines at IDB’s XIII Civil Society Meeting
An Innovation Revolution by 2025?
I attended a marvelous thought provoking presentation to IDB staff entitled LAC 2025, led by our president Luis Alberto Moreno. In a modern accessible format, different members of staff guided us through a snapshot of the bank's vision for Latin America in the next 10 years or so. While Caribbean voices were not totally absent (a citizen security project in CTT was … [Read more...] about An Innovation Revolution by 2025?
Will Trinidad & Tobago’s energy services suppliers outlast the country’s energy supply?
Will Trinidad & Tobago’s energy services suppliers outlast the country’s energy supply? This was one of the questions posed to the participants of the Joint Dialogue on the Trinidad & Tobago Private Sector Assessment Report (PSAR) by Dr. Carlos Elias, author of the PSAR, in Port of Spain, February 19. The Joint Dialogue was hosted by the Ministry of Planning … [Read more...] about Will Trinidad & Tobago’s energy services suppliers outlast the country’s energy supply?
Trinidad and Tobago: Who is going to pay the climate change piper?
Investing in the future is always a challenging decision, for example planning for retirement will often seem to be less urgent when we have pressing daily financial issues that have to be addressed now (unless you are near to retirement age of course). Not tomorrow, not in 10 years, but today. But the truth is that, in order to have a financially stable future, we … [Read more...] about Trinidad and Tobago: Who is going to pay the climate change piper?