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The Benefits of Being Prepared: Impact, benefits, costs and outlook of disaster risk reduction in Nepal

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Disasters damage, destroy, kill. What difference does disaster risk reduction make? This study analyses the impact that various Red Cross interventions have generated by promoting better household and community preparedness. It identifies quantifiable benefits that exceeded project cost between 2.6 and 16.6 times, and indicates what measures worked best.