Hello,
Does anybody know and can help me to get detailed information about the
issue related of David Sanderson?
Thank you,
Sorin Cheval
>From: "Sanderson, David" <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: new disaster consortium
>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2000 12:39:24 -0000
>
>Washington, February 2, 2000---A new international consortium designed to
>reduce the human and economic costs of natural disasters in the developing
>world will be launched here tomorrow by the World Bank and an international
>coalition of governments, international organizations, private insurance
>companies, universities, and non-governmental organizations.
>
>The aim of the ProVention Consortium, as the partnership will be known,
>will
>be to equip developing countries with the means to better cope with natural
>disasters such as earthquakes, hurricanes and floods, and reduce the loss
>of
>life and destruction they cause.
>
>In 1998, natural disasters killed more than 50,000 people and destroyed
>$65 billion worth of property and infrastructure. Some 95
>percent
>of disaster-related deaths occurred in developing countries, where the
>poorest of the poor are the worst affected. The World Bank has lent more
>than $19 billion for post-disaster reconstruction over the last 20 years,
>often more than once to the same country after successive disasters.
>
>To see more details on the new consortium and its aims, please access the
>following URL:
>
> http://media.worldbank.org/secure/
>
>Warm regards,
>
>Phillip Hay
>Manager,World Bank Online Media Briefing Center
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