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

CSD 19 Concludes Without Agreement, SIDS Speak on Blue Economy and Climate Change

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

14 May 2011: The 19th session of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD 19) convened from 2-14 May 2011, at UN Headquarters in New York. The session focused on developing policy recommendations related to transport, chemicals, hazardous waste, mining and the 10-year framework of programmes (10YFP) on sustainable consumption and production (SCP), and links to SIDS were raised throughout the two-week session. Negotiations extended into the early morning of Saturday, 14 May, but no...

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CARICOM Leaders Commit to Job Creation, Improving Quality of Life

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

22 May 2011: Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a retreat to continue their discussions on “Prioritising the Focus and Direction of the Community,” which they initiated at the 22nd Inter Sessional Meeting, held in Grenada in February 2011. The retreat ended in, inter alia, a renewed commitment to the achievement of tangible results from the integration process, with emphasis on job creation and improving the lives of the people of the Community. The leaders, meeting ...

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World Bank, CIF Fund Climate Resilient Urban Improvements in the Caribbean

Date: 10 Dec 2011 | Source: SIDS Policy and Practice

23 June 2011: The World Bank Board of Directors has approved two projects in the Caribbean, amounting to US$47.12 million, to improve the safety of their buildings from the impacts of climate change and increase their public institutions’ capacity to assess natural risks. The funding is from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) Pilot Program for Climate Resilience (PPCR), which is geared toward vulnerable countries and small island developing States (SIDS). The PPCR was set up in 2008 as a...

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