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This briefing paper offers some provisional answers, drawing on the results of investigations at ODI on the economic and financial consequences of natural disasters in eight developing countries and droughts in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The Convention opens an important new phase in the battle against desertification, but it is just a beginning. In particular, governments are regularly reviewing the action programmes. They also focus on awareness-raising, education and training, in both developing and developed countries. Desertification can be reversed only if far-reaching changes are…
ASEAN-UN/ISDR technical cooperation for the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in ASEAN.
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1. ASEAN Secretariat is seeking for a full-time, short-term Technical Advisor to facilitate the implementation of activities under the project and ensure availability of technical expertise to ASEAN Member Countr…
This report provides a short overview on progress toward implementing the Hyogo Framework for Action highlighting:
National and regional context (risk);
A summary of the impact of initiatives on people and the economy, i.e. progress towards achieving the Hyogo Framework for Action strategic goals and priority areas;
Recommendations, if any,…
Le Gouvernement du Burundi est déterminé à impliquer la population à travers une sensibilisation qui vise à lui faire prendre davantage conscience de l’existence de solution pour la prévention des catastrophes.
La volonté politique se manifeste d’abord par la création d’une direction de la protection civile en 1998 au sein du Ministère de la Sécurité P…
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
Submitted in preparation for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, 2005, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan.
The Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh is committed to the task of moving the disaster management emphasis in Bangladesh from a relief and response focus to a broader and more encompassing risk management framework.
This task can only be achieved through a comprehensive approach that unites the Government, nongovernmental organizations,…
Armenia is deemed one of the most disaster prone countries in the world. It is prone to all types of disasters except the sea ones. Severe earthquakes, frequently occurring landslides, hail storms, drought, strong winds, floods threaten the safty of people and cause considerable damage impending the sustainable development of the country.
A simple early warning system that used local volunteers shouting through megaphones to warn people about the impending cyclone saved thousands of lives when Cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh last week, and the system proved so effective that it might even become a model for other countries.
"What they did is brilliant," said Maryam Golnaraghi, chief of disa…
The specific objective of the study was to prepare a synthesis for the general readership on climate change issues for Bangladesh. The modality of achieving this objective is to take note of all the important findings in published literature and put it in a form so that the product helps the readership to clearly understand the dynamics of climate chang…