The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says close to 5 million metric tonnes of debris was left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Western Jamaica. Resident Representative for Jamaica, Kishan Khoday told a United Nations press conference about the agency’s impact assessments and initial activities. He stated that initial estimates show that the damage caused by Melissa is 30% of Jamaica’s gross domestic product, GDP, a figure which is expected to rise. Mr. Khoday noted that Hurricane Meliss

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Yesterday United Nations Development Programme - UNDP launched our new #SDGinsights playbooks developed in collaboration with 95 developing countries ahead of the upcoming United Nations SDG Summit. Our analysis - which comprises 95 separate reports - reveals that the default growth trajectories of most developing economies face hard fiscal and financial constraints that skew them towards carbon intensive and non-inclusive outcomes. Countries recovering from recent shocks and crises are trapped