Evaluate the success of disaster prevention programs world-wide (5)
(With reference to any one country, Holland/Netherlands, England, Vietnam, Pakistan,
Bangladesh)
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Bangladesh has a long history of natural disasters. Between 1980 and 2008, it experienced 219 natural disasters, causing over US$16 billion in total damage. The predicted effects of climate change will only compound these impacts.
UNDP has long supported Bangladesh in addressing its vulnerability to disaster. For over two decades, it has helped Bangladesh shift from reactive relief to proactive risk reduction. The results are apparent in the fewer number of lives and livelihoods destroyed by natural disasters. Today, Bangladesh is a global leader in disaster management and risk reduction.Following colossal floods in the 1980s, Bangladesh — with support from UNDP — developed a flood action plan that initiated a proactive culture of disaster management and risk reduction. It established disaster-focused institutions such as the Flood Forecasting Warning Centre, introduced pilot projects to reduce vulnerability and developed policy and planning guidelines.
- Bangladesh experienced 219 natural disasters causing over US$16 billion in damage between 1980 and 2008.
- With support from UNDP, Bangladesh developed a flood action plan initiating a culture of disaster management and risk reduction.
- Following a catastrophic cyclone in 1991 the government, with help from UNDP, established the Disaster Management Bureau.