Grenada

Capital City:

Saint George's

Languages:

English

Category: Social
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Net enrollment ratio in primary education	87.90000000000001	91		99	86.8	86.5		78.7				MDG Database
Seats held by women in national parliament, percentage		26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	26.7	13.3	13.3	UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)												World Bank

Category: Land
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	Source
Agricultural land (1000 Ha)	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	FAO
Forest area (sq km)	41	41	41	41	41	41	41	41		World Bank
Forest area (% of land area)	12.06	12.06	12.06	12.06	12.06	12.06	12.06	12.06		World Bank

Category: Tourism
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
International tourism receipts (% of total exports)	93	83	91	104	83	71	93					Development Data Group, The World Bank. 2008. 2008 World Development Indicators Online. Washington, DC: The World Bank. Available at: http://go.worldbank.org/U0FSM7AQ40.

Category: Demographics
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
Country population	101,208	101,402	101,634	101,903	102,194	102,500	102,823	103,169	103,538	103,930	World Bank
Population annual growth	0.121606	0.191501	0.228531	0.264326	0.285159	0.298983	0.314626	0.335936	0.357027	0.37789	World Bank
Maternal mortality ratio (modeled estimate, per 100,000 live births)											World Bank

Category: Indices
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
HDI - Human Development Index												UNDP International Human Development Indicators - Calculated based on data from UNDESA (2009d), Barro and Lee (2010), UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010b), World Bank (2010b) and IMF(2010a).

Category: Economy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	Source
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $)	5,920	5,680	5,820	6,450	5,960	7,580	7,650	8,070	8,320	7,710	World Bank
ODA received as % of GNI	4.4	3.11	2.81	2.71	4.12	11.61	5.96	4.0099999999999998	5.49		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)
Workers remittances (current US$)	22,000,000	22,000,000	23,000,000	23,000,000	72,192,000	51,567,000	53,941,000	55,416,000	64,000,000		UN Data

Category: Energy
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Electric power consumption (kWh)												World Bank
Combustible renewables and waste (metric tons of oil equivalent)												World Bank
Fossil fuel energy consumption (% of total)												World Bank

Category: Climate Change and Sea-level Rise
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), thousand metric tons of CO2 (CDIAC)	205	220	216	220	216	235	242	242				MDG Database (CDIAC Data)

Category: Freshwater
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Improved water source (% of population with access)	94		95		95							World Bank

Category: Biodiversity
Indicator	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	Source
Proportion of terrestrial and marine areas protected	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15	0.15		UN Stats (MDGs indicators)

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Country Strategies:

Title	Programme Name	Programme Description	Year
PRSP - Grenada	Grenada: Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper—Preparation Status Report	Strategy Description	2008
UNFCCC Nat Comm - Grenada	First national communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change	Strategy Description	2000
NBSAP - Grenada	Fourth National Report of Grenada to the CBD	Strategy Description	2009
NSDS - Grenada		Strategy Description National Information / National Reports

CIF Calls for Proposals that Involve the Private Sector in REDD+ and Climate Resilience

Date: 27 Apr 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

April 2013: The Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is calling for proposals to enhance the involvement of the private sector under the Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR) and the Forest Investment Program (FIP). PPCR distributes US$70 million to stimulate innovative programmes and projects enabling the private sector to reduce countries’ exposure to climate risk and uncertainty, while FIP distributes over US$50 million to engage the private sector in REDD+. With respect to the PPCR,...

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UNEP and St. Kitts and Nevis Host Caribbean Ozone Officers Meeting

Date: 02 Apr 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

20 March 2013: The Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean (ROLAC) hosted a discussion of the successes and challenges involved with implementing Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC) Phase out Management Plans under the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer. The meeting convened the English speaking Caribbean and Haiti Ozone Officers Regional Network Meeting in Basseterre, St. Kitts from 18-...

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Global Mechanism Launches Sustainable Land Management Web Platform

Date: 08 Feb 2013 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

February 2013: The UN Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Global Mechanism (GM) has launched a revamped web-based platform titled “Sustainable Land Management (SLM) – Finance.” The site will support the exchange of information on funding and finance for sustainable land management (SLM) among African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries, many of which are also small island developing States (SIDS). The platform, which is part of the EU-funded Scope|ACP project, a South...

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