With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to batter the world, putting more people at risk of unemployment and hunger, a recent World Bank report has identified Guyana as being among Caribbean countries that face worrisome levels of food insecurity.
The report, “An Uneven Recovery: Taking the Pulse of Latin America and the Caribbean Following the Pandemic,” is a result of a collaboration between the World Bank and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) based on surveys conducted in 24 Latin American and the Caribbean (LAC) countries.
The surveys, conducted between May and July of this year, found that as a consequence of labour market setbacks, just over half of the households in the region have not yet managed to recover their pre-pandemic income levels. The inability of the households to return their income levels to pre-pandemic levels puts their food security at risk.