Sustainable Nassau Action Plan: Empowered People, Revitalized City (2018)

While this Action Plan offers concrete proposals for future improvements in quality of life across social, economic, and environmental dimensions, it also considers the current and historic challenges faced by a Caribbean small island developing state in the 21st century. These challenges range from economic, cultural, and political, to more globalized problems such as natural disasters and climate change.

This Action Plan represents the culmination of an intense research and assessment process carried out in collaboration between the Government of The Bahamas and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), and in parallel with the development of Vision 2040: National Development Plan of The Bahamas. Through the IDB’s application of the Emerging and Sustainable Cities (ESC) methodology, these efforts are consolidated in this Action Plan for achieving a more sustainable urban life in Nassau and New Providence Island.