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Guyana
Haiti earthquake: A catalyst for regional Caribbean disaster management support from Australia
1 Feb 2010, CDERA
'This additional funding demonstrates the commitment by the Australian Government to deepen their support for disaster reduction in the region' said Jeremy Collymore, executive director of Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency...
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- Other Development Reports
- Guyana: Common country assessment - CCA (2005)2005, UNDG
- Guyana: Poverty reduction strategy paper - PRSP (2006)2006, Guyana - gov; IMF; WB
Human Exposure
| Hazard type | Population exposed |
Percentage of population  |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Cyclone | 0 |  |
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| Drought | 1,407 |  |
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| Flood | 5,126 |  |
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| Landslide | 8 |  |
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| Earthquake | 0 | |
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| Tsunami | 0 |  |
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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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drought | 1997 | 607,200 |  |
| Flood | 2005 | 274,774 | |
| Flood | 2008 | 100,000 | |
| Flood | 1996 | 38,000 | |
| Flood | 2006 | 35,000 | |
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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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Documents & Publications on Guyana
- Finance and administration expertHaiti (Port-au-Prince), Diakonie Katastrophenhilfe
- Advisor, emergency preparedness and response
- Country representative - HaitiHaiti (Haiti), ARC
Neighbouring Countries
Officially declared national coordinating multi-sectoral and inter-disciplinary mechanisms for advocacy, coordination, analysis and advice on disaster risk reduction.