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UNISDR welcomes the report of the Multilateral Aid Review (MAR) of the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development (DFID) as an innovative and critical contribution to strengthen the efficiency and effectiveness of international cooperation frameworks for the delivery of aid. The analysis of strengths and weaknesses of the multilateral system is very interesting and reiterates familiar issues, particularly on the perceived weaknesses; some of which require solutions that are not always possible for organizations in isolation.

'Without effective disaster prevention, hundreds of lives, thousands of homes, billions worth of properties and livelihoods, even government's growth and revenue targets, specifically our development goals, can be at the mercy of a single extreme weather event,' said Senator Loren Legarda in a PIA report...

The strengthening of UNICEF's work in disaster risk reduction is part of a wider organizational effort to promote a new thrust of humanitarian action. This includes a set of principles, approaches and specific interventions that cover preparedness, response and early recovery from disaster, and thus bridge the gap between development and humanitarian programming...

Students from the ‘Marta Abreu’ Central University of Las Villas, won the first prize of the International Student Competition on Architecture for Disaster Reduction, reports the Cuban News Agency. Their work, was based on a study carried out in the village in the north of Villa Clara frequently hit by hurricanes and tropical storms...

'Existing local mechanisms for managing risks should be identified and strengthened and efforts targeted at developing economic resilience should be integrated with overall disaster risk management' said the minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Mr William Lukuvi, reports the Citizen...

'Now is the time to build up Pakistan's resilience to disaster' said Neva Khan, director of NGO Oxfam in Pakistan. 'The cost of implementing safeguards pales in comparison to the damage to lives and property [that could be caused by the monsoon]'...

'It is important to take urgent steps in mainstreaming adaptation, mitigation and capacity building into national level planning and budgeting processes', writes Dr KM Nabiul Islam in the conclusion of his two-part article in the Financial Express...

Dr K M Nabiul Islam Senior Research Fellow, BIDS, and Study Director, BME Study, Small Scale Water Resources Project, in the first of his two-part article explores the many facets of water management and climate change adaptation in Bangladesh...