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The state of knowledge and its policy relevance

23 October 2006 12:00-13:30 (GMT+00) - Public event, London

  • The first meeting in this series on 'Disasters and Development' reviewed the state of the knowledge base and the current policy framework regarding the linkages between disasters and development.
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    Speakers:
    Margareta Wahlstrom
    , Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, United Nations
    Jennifer Worrell, Senior Programme Advisor, UNDP Bureau of Crisis Prevention and Recovery, Geneva Disaster Risk Reduction Unit.
    Chair:
    Adrian Hewitt, Research Fellow, ODI

     

  • An ODI, All Party Parliamentary Group on Overseas Development, Development Studies Association and International Strategy for Disaster Reduction public event in the Disasters and Development: From relief to preparedness and risk reduction series.