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The National Disaster Management Office of Lao People Democratic Republic was established in 1997 with support from UNDP (reinforcing action of the Ministry of Labor and Social Welfare). NDMO...
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Gol, Constituted an Expert Committee to prepare model amendments required in Town & Country Planning Legislations of various States and also to suggest...
Integration of disaster mitigation planning into land use planningThe preliminary activities include: Preparatory work (data collection, research and analysis of available documentation)Creation...
This presentation is based on a paper that emphasizes the need for capacity development four“pronged action plan. This includes: (i) Periodic awareness meets at regional level for Mayors/...
Hurricane Mitch caused tremendous losses to human life, property, livelihoods, and physical infrastructure throughout Central America. Its effects were greatest in two of the poorest countries in...
The Bank's Disaster Management Facility (DMF) and the Urban Cluster of the Latin America and Caribbean department (LCSFU) jointly commissioned this study in response to growing borrower...
Case study wrote by Philip Hirsch and Khamla Phanvilay that deals with community-based natural resource management and watershed resource conflict in Lao PDR. These crucial points enter in the...
This website remains as a constantly uploaded database providing information about humanitarian events in Timor Leste. Various supports are generally monthly renewed. The website is available in...
This evaluation of the World Bank's experience with natural disasters was done by the Independent Evaluation Group“World Bank at the request of the Bank's Board of Executive Directors....
This article deals with disaster risk reduction and the importance of communication for improving disaster relief.