Sendai Dialogue October 9 and 10 highlights need for better protect people in an increasingly risky world – where disasters have doubled in 30 years.Meeting expected to be attended by finance and development ministers gathering in Japan for the IMF-World Bank Annual Meetings.
Officials to discuss urgent need to make disaster risk management a priority in the global development agenda.
October 3, 2012 - On March 11, 2011, a massive tsunami devastated 650 kilometers of Japan’s northeast coastline, washing away many towns and villages along the shore, and leaving 20,000 people dead or missing. This month, the megadisaster will be on the minds of world leaders, experts and survivors at the Sendai Dialogue in Japan, as they look for ways to better protect people in an increasingly risky world -- where disasters have doubled, and economic losses have tripled, in the space of 30 years.
See full Press Release: http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/NEWS/0,,contentMDK:23286326~pagePK:34370~piPK:34424~theSitePK:4607,00.html
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