Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service Fayval Williams says the Government is to establish a policy framework for disaster risk management.
According to Williams, the analytical work is moving apace.
She was speaking at this morning’s Private Sector Organisation of Jamaica’s President’s Breakfast Forum at the Pegasus Hotel in St Andrew, where business leaders gathered for a discussion on disaster risk management for the business community.
Williams said the policy will be based on the most recent specialised analysis available and will have a suite of products for different levels of disaster and a transparent investment to mitigate harm to people and damage to infrastructure.
“On average we lose about 2.4 per cent of GDP…
