In delivering remarks today at the consultations on the CWIQ at the Grenada Trade Centre, Dr. Dolly said: “The ARD is pleased to have been an initiator and partner with the UNDP in the mounting of this programme.”

“We wish to thank the UNDP for its dedicated support to Grenada’s reconstruction and development process and to the work of the ARD in this respect,” Dr. Dolly noted.

The CWIQ is used by the UNDP to assist countries to reflect the needs of the disadvantaged in development planning.

“The journey to arrive at the CWIQ report has been a long and necessary one. The ARD has been at one with UNDP in the promotion of the urgent need to have data of this kind as a major initiative of the rebuilding process,” she said.

The Report provides insight into how different population groups regard access, utilisation and satisfaction with core social and economic services. It contains information on the differential impact of Hurricane Ivan on women and men; information on children, the living conditions of the population and an analysis of social vulnerability, among other important data.

“The CWIQ results, of necessity, need to be integrated into the strategic planning process for reconstruction,” Dr. Dolly told the wide cross section of stakeholders at today’s consultation.