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

World Bank, GEF Finance Protection of Marine Ecosystems in Eastern Caribbean

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

4 August 2011: The World Bank approved a US$8.75 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to establish trust funds for the long-term conservation and management of over 100,000 hectares of marine habitat in the Eastern Caribbean. The Eastern Caribbean is among the top five global biodiversity hot spots in the world, due to its marine and coastal ecosystems. The Sustainable Financing and Management of Eastern Caribbean Marine Ecosystem Project will benefit Antigua and Barbuda,...

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SUSTAINABLE ENERGY FORUM FOR CARIBBEAN HELD

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

A regional meeting to consider sustainable energy for Caribbean small island developing States (SIDS) has convened at St. George’s University, Grenada. The First Caribbean Sustainable Energy Forum (CSEF) was held from 24-26 June 2008, in conjunction with the Fourth Caribbean Environmental Forum (CEF-4). The meeting was facilitated by the Austrian Development Cooperation (ADC) together with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ). The CSEF focused on energy efficiency, energy policy, wind...

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UNFCCC Secretariat Releases Submissions by Grenada and Tuvalu on Consideration of the Scale of Emission Reductions to be Achieved by Annex I Parties

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

25 March 2009: The UNFCCC Secretariat has released submissions by parties on “Consideration of the scale of emission reductions to be achieved by Annex I Parties in aggregate, of the contribution of Annex I Parties individually or jointly, consistent with Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol, to the scale of emission reductions to be achieved by Annex I Parties in aggregate, and of other relevant issues arising from the implementation of the work programme of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further...

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