[Radix] Can disasters help to improve a country's economy?

[Ilan Kelman]

[Re-posted from another list.]





Dear Colleagues,

Please find below download link of synthesis
report of the e-discussion on  Can disasters help to improve a
country's economy?, which was posted on the Asia Pacific Mountain
Network (APMN)/Mountain Forum (MF) discussion list [mf-asiapacific] in
reference to an article by Drake Bennett, appeared on the Boston Globe
website on 6 July 2008 with the heading 'How disasters help: Natural
disasters can give a boost to the countries where they occur - and
sometimes, the more the better'. A total of 32 contributions were
received from APMN/MF members from 7 to 18 July 2008 sharing valuable
information and ideas. Contributions came from a wide range of
professionals from research institutions, academia, development and
rehabilitation organisations, NGOs, and civil society.

Download Link: http://books.icimod.org/index.php/search/publication/538

The
report was prepared with the help of Ms. Mandira Shrestha (Water
Resources Specialist at ICIMOD), a APMN/Mountain Forum member from
Nepal.

Please kindly help us to pass this information to organisations and individuals  that you think would be interested.

Best,
Tek

Tek Jung Mahat, Node Manager
Asia Pacific Mountain Network (APMN)
Integrated Knowledge Management  (IKM) )
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
GPO Box 3226,  Kathmandu, Nepal.
Tel +977-1-5003222 Direct Line 5003310 Ext 104 Fax +977-1-5003277  Web www.icimod.org AND www.icimod.org/apmn/

Mountain
Forum (MF) <www.mtnforum.org>is a global network of organisations
and individuals working for sustainable mountain development. Asia
Pacific Mountain Network (APMN) acts as the Asia Pacific node of MF and
has shared  resources including membership database, discussion lists,
online resources etc. offered to members for free. Please visit <http://mtnforum.org/mem/join.cfm> to join MF/APMN.
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