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Central African Republic
AfDB marks 'World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought' with positive balance sheet in water initiatives
17 Jun 2010, AfDB
Today in line with its poverty reduction mandate, the Bank Group finds itself more than ever combating desertification and drought from several fronts, including the provision of water, irrigation and agriculture investments and more recently commitments to environment, climate change and green development...
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Direction Générale des Affaires Sociales - Website:
- Contact:General Director of Social Welfare
- Phone: +236 75 05 42 77
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- Other Development Reports
- Central African Republic: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2007)2007, Central African Republic - gov; IMF; WB
- Central African Republic: Common country assessment - CCA (2001)2001, UNDG
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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| Cyclone |  |
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| Drought | 410,169 |  |
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| Flood | 6,772 |  |
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| Landslide | 104 |  |
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| Earthquake | 314 |     |
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| Tsunami | |
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Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
| Disaster | Date | Affected | (no. of people) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flood | 1999 | 33,919 |  |
| Flood | 2005 | 23,805 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 17,500 | |
| Flood | 2004 | 12,698 | |
| Flood | 1999 | 12,000 | |
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Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database Data version: v11.08 *: Including tsunami Data displayed does not imply national endorsement. |
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- Disaster reduction and recovery specialist, P3Niger (Niamey), BCPR-UNDP
- Natural resources management and climate change advisorEthiopia (Addis Ababa), Save the Children U.S.
- Technical specialists - Resilience in the Limpopo river basinMozambique , ARD
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.