{"id":29149,"date":"2011-03-01T14:14:13","date_gmt":"2011-03-01T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=29149"},"modified":"2011-03-02T07:38:38","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T11:38:38","slug":"final-copy-of-the-200809-country-poverty-assessment-report-officially-handed-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/economy-development\/final-copy-of-the-200809-country-poverty-assessment-report-officially-handed-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Final copy of the 2008\/09 Country Poverty Assessment report officially handed over"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_29150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29150\" style=\"width: 281px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-29150\" title=\"handing\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/handing.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"281\" height=\"215\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/handing.jpg 363w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/handing-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/handing-147x113.jpg 147w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 281px) 100vw, 281px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-29150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CBD Representative Mc. Donald Thomas presents CPA report to Minister of State, Senator Alvin Bernard. Photo credit: GIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The final report of the Dominica Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) for 2008\/2009 was formally presented to the Government of Dominica.<\/p>\n<p>Mc. Donald Thomas, representing the Caribbean Development Bank, handed the report to The Hon. Minister of State in The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senator Hon. Alvin Bernard.<\/p>\n<p>A handing over ceremony to mark the occasion was held on last week.\u00a0 The ceremony indicated another stage in the collaboration between the government of Dominica and the Caribbean Development Bank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result of this exercise, Government is better positioned to deal with the socio-economic factors within the country and is therefore able to formulate a more targeted approach to dealing with the issue of poverty. The Caribbean Development Bank and its partners, Department for International Development of the United Kingdom, Canada International Development Agency (CIDA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has once again risen to the occasion in assisting developing countries such as ours in its efforts to eradicate poverty,\u201d Bernard said.<\/p>\n<p>Bernard also said that this exercise undertaken by the CDB also compliments Government\u2019s efforts in measuring progress as it relates to the millennium development goals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would like to give the CDB the assurance that this handing over of the final CPA report signals the commencement of our work to ensure that we meet the benchmarks set and that in the next few years, when another CPA is undertaken, it will reflect significant improvement in the social status of our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The report showed a reduction of indigence from ten percent in 2002 to three point one percent in 2008\/09.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final report of the Dominica Country Poverty Assessment (CPA) for 2008\/2009 was formally presented to the Government of Dominica. 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