This week a joint publication was released by the United Nations and the World Bank with the above title. The aim of the report, which can be downloaded for free from here, was to exemine the efficacy of investment in disaster risk reduction. Although long, it is an excellent piece of work that is inevitably destined to be influential in this area. As usual with reports associated with the World Bank, which tend to follow a particular economic model for development in less developed countries that has proven to be less than effective in many locations in my view, there are aspects with which I disagree. However, the key points are generally worthy and thought-provoking. As an aside it has been interesting, and slightly depressing to see how little traction this report has gained in the mainstream media. Given the high profile disasters of the last few years this is disappointing.
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