After Hurricane Melissa: how Jamaica can rebuild for the future

Prof. Andre HaughtonProfessor of Economics, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Melissa caused an estimated US$8 to 10 billion in damage. Why Jamaica must rebuild and finance recovery differently, not simply restore what was lost.

Earlier articleMontego Bay: a pearl stuck in a clamshell

Later articleJamaica’s catastrophe bond: a step forward, not a full shield

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Professor of Economics, The University of the West Indies, Mona

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