Fighting Poverty While Supporting Recovery: Lessons Learned from Major Natural Disasters (Disaster Risk Management)

If you wish to preorder this title please complete our order form and fax it to +1-703-661-1501. Because of the anti-poor propensity of disasters, effective recovery programs, if they are well targeted, may be one of the most effective means of reducing poverty. Despite thispotential, the recovery process is little understood. This reportsynthesizes the findings of a five-country review of recovery after major natural disasters, including Bangladesh (floods 1998), Honduras (Hurricane Mitch 1998), India (Gujaratearthquake 2001), Mozambique (floods 2000 and 2001) and Turkey (earthquakes of 1999).