“This contribution to the Treasury comes at a good time and will no doubt help us recover from the impacts of these rains. The funds will go into the Consolidated Fund but we will arrange for the Ministry of Public Works to be able to use the resources for necessary repair work.” Mr. Martin Cox, Director of Finance and Economic Affairs, Barbados, speaking in 2014 on CCRIF’s payout of US$1.28 million under that country’s excess rainfall policy