OPEC Fund Quarterly - 2024 Q1

CONTENTS

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STATES OF ISOLATION Special Feature: Small Island Developing States and Landlocked Developing Countries

6-9  When small is vulnerable – and big is not always better 10-14  Fragile and Small Developing States: A short guide 15-17  Five meters high and rising: Small Island Developing States on the front lines 18-21  Shoring up for climate change: Environmental and economic insecurity in the Maldives 22-23  Healing the heart of the matter: Healthcare in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 24-25  True Blue: Protecting the ocean’s prosperity and sustainability 26-29  Profile Nicholas Kee, Founder and CEO,

Making regional integration a catalyst for growth 30-33

Kee Farms: Pioneering regenerative farming in Jamaica 30-33  LLDCs’ regional

IN OTHER SECTIONS...

integration: A catalyst for economic growth 34-37  Good thinking: Solutions to support landlocked developing economies 38-39  Bolivia: Gearing up with science for climate and development 40-41  How AI is set to impact SIDS and LLDCs 42-43  Lesotho: Cracking the lock of geography 44-45  Bhutan: Harnessing the Himalayas

In the Field 46-47 Tajikistan:

Spotlight 50-53

We never work alone: OPEC Fund and OECD DevCom network workshop for global communications professionals Events 54-61 54-55  World Governments Summit in Dubai 56-59  Climate Finance Workshop in Vienna 60-61  OPEC Fund mission to Uganda The Back Page 62 2023: The OPEC Fund year in review

The Guliston- Farkhor-Panj- Dusti road reconstruction

will enhance the country's development prospects Development News 48-49

New OPEC Fund projects in Colombia, the Comoros, North Macedonia, Tajikistan and Uganda

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