Legal aid has always been free but remained inaccessible to many Jamaicans until the services headed out to their towns, communities & fairs
Browse News, Press Releases and Speeches from the UNDP Multi Country Office in Jamaica
Originally published in the Sunday Gleaner, this Year in review by the UNDP Resident Representative highlights 3 key lessons of 2020
Farmers, householders & teachers in 2 Jamaican communities test the human security approach to secure a resilient future - with promising results
How LED bulb retrofits in 3 local hospitals are scoring promising savings under a UNDP and PCJ-implemented project funded by Global Environment Facility
The Caribbean region's first mobile Technical Assistance Centres offering door to door hurricane resilient home repair services
How small investments in coral reef and sea turtle recovery are reviving fisher livelihoods & creating new incomes too.
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Jamaica
3 million
Population
19.9%
Poverty rate
9319
GNI per capita
.734
Human Dev. Index
