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Sahel: Donors learning funding lessons - slowly

6 Feb 2012, IRIN

This year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel’s humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs...


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Human Exposure
Hazard type Population
exposed
Percentage of population
Cyclone
Drought 58,075
Flood 33,570
Landslide 48
 
Earthquake
Tsunami
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report
Top 5 Natural Disaster reported
Disaster Date Affected (no. of people)
Drought 2009 2,400,000
Drought 2001 800,000
Drought 1997 356,000
Drought 1993 300,000
Flood 2001 175,763
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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