Development Asia-Dealing with Disasters

Natural disasters wreak havoc without discrimination, wiping out homes, livelihoods, a country''s economic gains, and often many individual lives. Africa, the Americas, Asia, and Europe have all been struck by catastrophes in recent years. Asia, however, has been hit hardest: 40% of the world''s disasters have occurred in the region in the past decade, resulting in a disproportionate 80% of disast...