MANILA, PHILIPPINES — The growing incidence of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific—where four of five cities globally classified as at extreme risk are located—threatens to undermine seriously rapid economic progress, calling for a much stronger focus among governments on disaster prevention, says a new study from Independent Evaluation at the Asian Development Bank.

Executive Summary

Overview of the independent evaluation The success of malaria control efforts depends on a high level of coverage in the use of effective antimalarials such as artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs). Although these antimalarials have been procured in large amounts by countries, evidence suggests that ACT use still remains far below target levels.

INTRODUCTION AND RATIONALE

KHANA is the largest national, non-governmental organization (NGO) providing HIV prevention, care and support services in Cambodia. KHANA works in 20 provinces and municipality through a network of 38 implementing partners. These partners are community-based organizations, local NGO working with communities, and networks that are committed on HIV, health and development issues.

United States Government Accountability Office

Report to Congressional Committees

GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY

Highlights of GAO-10-352, a report to congressional committees

What GAO Found

The U.S. government supports a wide variety of programs and activities for global food security, but lacks readily available comprehensive data on funding. In response to GAO's data collection instrument to 10 agencies, 7 agencies reported funding for global food security in fiscal year 2008 (see figure below) based on the working definition

I. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1. The 2000 floods caused unprecedented damage due to the extent and duration of inundation that covered more than 50% of Cambodia. The Mekong River exceeded the established emergency level during 2 - 26 September 2000 and reached a peak of 0.6 m above emergency levels around 17 September 2000. This incident, combined with the residual impact from the 1996 floods, seriously damaged infrastructure and caused extensive human suffering (186 deaths) due to displacement, food shortage, interruption to economic livelihoods, and disease outbreaks. The Royal

Swiss Re's latest sigma study reports man-made and natural catastrophes claimed more than 33 000 lives worldwide in 2001. At USD 34.4 billion, the burden on property insurance due to catastrophe losses was extremely high - with an estimated USD 19 billion incurred by property and business interruption losses arising from the 11 September event. Furthermore, the insurance industry is having to cover liability and life insurance losses related to the attack which are estimated between USD 16.5 and 39 billion.