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Executive Summary: Cyclone Sidr (Category IV) with wind speeds of up to 240 kilometres per hour hit Bangladesh on 15 November causing significant damage to life, housing, livelihoods and productive infrastructure. WFP has responded with an emergency operation and is…

BACKGROUND AND RISK FACTORS Bangladesh is a very low lying, densely populated country, frequently affected by cyclones and floods which annually, cause the internal displacement of one million people . This year the country has had unusually high levels of…

Préface Lorsque la Conférence internationale de la CroixRouge et du Croissant-Rouge a mis pour la première fois les changements climatiques à l’ordre du jour en 1999, peu étaient convaincus que les organisations humanitaires devaient s’en inquiéter. A…

Foreword When the International Conference of the Red Cross and Red Crescent first discussed climate change in 1999, few were convinced that humanitarian organizations really needed to worry about it. In those days people considered it an…

Summary: The devastating Cylone Sidr struck Bangladesh on the evening of the 15th November bringing with it large damages and associated large humanitarian needs. A rapid initial UN emergency assessment team was fielded on the 17th November to assess both…

A special report by the Famine Early Warning Systems Network (FEWS NET) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This study is part of the "Central Asian Regional Wheat Markets and Afghan Food Security Initiative." It is one of five complementary activities that build on and…

Executive Summary Following torrential rains between 5 and 17 August 2007, the Democratic People s Republic of Korea (DPRK) experienced heavy flooding in several provinces in the southern half of the country: North and South Hwanghae, North and South Phyongan,…

Dhaka, 14th August 2007 As the Thai Airways flight made its final approach to Dhaka nearly all the passengers leaned over to look out the windows as the plane angled towards the runway of the capital's international airport. The…

Background The families living in Jaffna's Welfare Centres are categorized as long-term displaced, with the earliest displacement taking place in 1983, and families first arriving in the Welfare Centres in 1984. Since then, most of their 'places of origin' were…

1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Nepal is characterized by low levels of human development and incomes. According to the 2006 UNDP Human Development Report, Nepal ranks 138 among 177 nations in terms of the Human Development Index, and 156 in terms of…