IMF Staff Country Reports

Grenada: Disaster Resilience Strategy

March 16, 2022

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International Monetary Fund. Western Hemisphere Dept. "Grenada: Disaster Resilience Strategy", IMF Staff Country Reports 2022, 080 (2022), accessed 12/7/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400205507.002

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Summary

Natural disasters and climate change are existential threats to Grenada, with annual losses from these events estimated at 1.7 percent of GDP. Grenada has proactively pursued resilience-building, with its Climate Change Policy and National Adaptation Plan providing detailed roadmaps for policymakers. However, the challenges are increasing, including from slow-moving effects owing to the rising sea level, even as implementation capacity and resource constraints remain significant impediments. The COVID-19 pandemic has amplified those challenges by increasing risks and tightening Grenada’s fiscal space.

Subject: Climate change, Environment, Financial institutions, Infrastructure, Insurance, International organization, Monetary policy, National accounts, Natural disasters

Keywords: Caribbean, Climate change, debt sustainability implication, DRS between the IMF, DRS coverage, DRS direct costs, DRS Fiscal, Infrastructure, Insurance, Natural disasters, post DISASTER