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May 2017. Africa Confidential. Finding Africa on K Street (Washington, D.C.)
REPORTING AFRICA SINCE 1960
Link to PDF File of Article.
Finding Africa on K Street
AC surveys some of the African governments spending big on political lobbyists to polish their images in Washington DC
The cost of political lobbying by American consultants on behalf of African governments and politicians is a tiny proportion of the billions of dollars spent by corporations, governments and individuals from all over the world on self-promotion in the capital of the world's richest country. Yet what African countries spend can seem massive, given the relatively small scale of their economies. Many contracts with the legal and lobbying companies – many of which are scattered along K Street, a couple of blocks from the White House in central Washington – are uncontroversial. Others, however, stray to the shadier side of the street.
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May 2017., Confirmed Case of Ebola in DRC by WHO
African CDC
(African Centre for Disease Prevention and Control).
(African Centre for Disease Prevention and Control).
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Incident Management not only for DRC, but surrounding nation
Incident Management not only for DRC, but surrounding nation
BEMA International
Thursday, May 11, 2017
DRR documents & publications 04-10 May 2017
There are 16 new documents & publications on disaster
risk reduction published in collaboration with the ISDR Library since last
week. Expand your DRR library.
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publications to promote? Please share them: http://www.preventionweb.net/english/submit/publications/
* 2017 Resilience
index annual report
FM Global, 2017
The 2017 FM Global Resilience Index is an annual ranking
of 130 countries and territories according to their enterprise resilience to
disruptive events. Rankings are calculated as an equally weighted composite of
12 core drivers that affect the enterprise resilience of countries
significantly and directly. The historical data in this year s index has been
updated and calculated on this new basis for each of the last five years to
enable valid...
Themes: Economics of DRR; Private Sector; Risk
Identification & Assessment
* Assessment of
Kenya's preparedness to disasters caused by natural hazards Development
Initiatives (DI), 2017
This report details the findings of our study on Kenya's
preparedness for floods, drought and disease outbreaks human and animal. It looks at preparedness
at the national and subnational level focusing on Mandera and Migori counties.
The study assesses preparedness under different frameworks: governance and
legal; preparedness capacity; linkages to international processes of disaster
preparedness; and financial allocations to preparedness....
Themes: Disaster Risk Management
Hazards: Drought; Epidemic & Pandemic; Flood
* Brisbane river
catchment flood study
Queensland Government, Australia - gov, 2017
The Flood Study provides a comprehensive analysis of a
range of flood events that may occur within the Brisbane River catchment and is
a critical first step toward developing a Strategic Floodplain Management Plan
for the region. The Flood Study area includes parts of the Brisbane River
catchment, with a focus on flooding events downstream of Wivenhoe Dam including
the Brisbane River, Lockyer Creek and the Bremer River system. Two major
components...
Themes: Environment & Ecosystems; Risk Identification
& Assessment
Hazards: Flood
* Canadian voices
on changing flood risk University of Waterloo (UW), 2017
This report presents the findings of a national survey,
which gathered the opinions of 2,300 individuals from across the country who
live in communities with high flood risk. The findings reveal that homeowners
lack awareness of flood risk and the protection options available for them to
play their part in reducing flood risk.
Key findings Due to rising costs, the federal and provincial governments
are finding ways to reduce flood risks...
Themes: Advocacy & Media
Hazards: Flood
* Community
participation in emergency planning: NSW State Emergency Service case study
Australian Institute for Disaster Resilience (AIDR), 2017
There is growing recognition within the Australian
emergency management sector of the need to engage communities as core partners,
where they are considered equals in risk-related decision-making processes that
affect them (Attorney-General s Department 2013). There is, however, little
guidance available to practitioners about how best to involve communities in risk
reduction processes and little evidence on which to build approaches. To
address...
Themes: Community-based DRR; Disaster Risk Management
* Coproducing
flood risk management through citizen involvement: insights from cross-country
comparison in Europe Ecology and Society (E&S), 2016
Drawing from public administration literature, this
research adopts the notion of
coproduction as an analytical
framework for studying the interaction between citizens and public authorities,
from the decision-making process through to the implementation of flood risk
management (FRM) in practice. On the basis of a cross-country comparison, the
research highlighted the varied forms of coproduction and reflected on how
these have...
Themes: Civil Society/NGOs; Governance
Hazards: Flood
* Dependencies of
Europe s economy on other parts of the world in terms of water resources
Improving Predictions and Management of Hydrological Extremes (Imprex); Water
Footprint Network, 2017
Climate change is leading to increased water scarcity and
drought in many parts of the world. This has implications for the European
Union (EU) because many of the goods consumed or used in the EU are produced
abroad. This makes its economy dependent on water resources well beyond its
borders. This report reveals where potential vulnerabilities to the EU s food
security and economic stability exist and identifies which food products may
become...
Themes: Climate Change; Economics of DRR; Food Security
& Agriculture; Water
Hazards: Drought
* Developing city
resilience strategies: lessons from the ICLEI ACCCRN process Asian Cities
Climate Change Resilience Network (ACCCRN); International Institute for
Environment and Development (IIED), 2016
Asian cities are on the frontline of climate change. A
third of all low-elevation coastal zones in the world are located in Asia,
where two-thirds of the world s urban population reside. A number of Asian
cities have been involved in climate change adaptation and resilience-building
initiatives, focusing on the capacity of local governments to assess
vulnerabilities and implement effective mitigation strategies. One such
initiative is the Asian...
Themes: Climate Change; Urban Risk & Planning
* Harvesting the
value of water: Stormwater, green infrastructure, and real estate.
Urban Land Institute Foundation (ULI Foundation), 2017
Harvesting the Value of Water explores the real estate
sector s increased participation in stormwater management through the
incorporation of green infrastructure and other water management mechanisms.
Highlighting a series of case studies, the report explores how stormwater
management can introduce operational efficiencies, improve building user
experience, enhance aesthetics, and otherwise differentiate a real estate
project. Cities across...
Themes: Critical Infrastructure; Environment &
Ecosystems; Urban Risk & Planning; Water
Hazards: Flood; Storm
* Heat wave
vulnerability mapping for India Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
(MDPI), 2017
Assessing geographic variability in heat wave
vulnerability forms the basis for planning appropriate targeted adaptation
strategies. Given several recent deadly heatwaves in India, heat is
increasingly being recognized as a public health problem. However, to date
there has not been a country-wide assessment of heat vulnerability in India.
This paper evaluated demographic, socioeconomic, and environmental
vulnerability factors and combined district...
Themes: GIS & Mapping; Risk Identification &
Assessment; Social Impacts & Social Resilience
Hazards: Heat Wave
* Integrating
climate change into road asset management World Bank, the (WB), 2017
This report highlights some challenges to the research
and academic fraternity in understanding climatic impacts on road networks
better, developing more resilient technologies and, most importantly,
developing a better understanding to quantify the impact or benefits of climate
adaptation strategies. The main conclusion of this report is that asset
management, when undertaken according to best practice, is already one of the
most significant climate...
Themes: Climate Change; Critical Infrastructure
* Preventing
drowning: an implementation guide World Health Organization (WHO), 2017
This guide provides practical steps to reduce
drowning one of the world s most
preventable, neglected and pressing public health issues. Through
evidence-based interventions and strategies it is designed to help drowning-prevention
practitioners from nongovernmental
organizations (NGOs) and researchers to government officials and
policy-makers approach drowning
prevention in a strategic, evidencebased and multisectoral...
Themes: Advocacy & Media; Capacity Development;
Children and Youth; Education & School Safety; Health & Health
Facilities
Hazards: Flood
* Resilience and
resource efficiency in cities United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), 2017
This report looks at the relationship between building
the resilience of cities in the face of global environmental change, and
increasing the resource efficiency of cities to reduce their harmful impacts on
the environment. It provides examples of effective ways to address these
agendas, as well as the potential and challenges for integration. The report has three main sections: on
resilience, on resource efficiency, and on the nexus between...
Themes: Critical Infrastructure; Food Security &
Agriculture; Urban Risk & Planning; Water
* Safeguarding
indigenous architecture in Vanuatu United Nations Educational, Scientific and
Cultural Organization - Headquarters (UNESCO), 2017
Nakamals, nakamal, an indigenous architecture form used
by the traditional chiefs for meetings related to governance, decision making,
and teaching in Vanuatu.nakamal, play a significant role in the maintenance of
kastom in Vanuatu. They also have an important functional role in Disaster Risk
Reduction in rural areas. They are anecdotally known to have been designed to
withstand high winds and cyclonic conditions and are historically often
described...
Themes: Cultural Heritage; Indigenous Knowledge;
Structural Safety
Hazards: Cyclone
* Selecting
measures and designing strategies for integrated flood management Deltares;
Global Water Partnership (GWP); World Meteorological Organization (WMO), 2017
This publication outlines the approach and steps to
develop and evaluate well-balanced and well-motivated strategies to cope with
the risk of flooding. The design of strategies covers the full range of
possible structural and non-structural measures, including structural
protection and mitigation measures, planning and building codes, emergency
management, raising of risk awareness and preparedness, risk-sharing and the
like. This guidance document...
Themes: Environment & Ecosystems; Water
* The growing
threat of pandemics: Enhancing domestic and international biosecurity Texas
A&M International University System (TAMIU), 2017
The threat posed by pandemics grows alongside increased
globalization and technological innovation. Distant cultures can now be
connected in a day s time, and international trade links global health and
economic prosperity. This report details nine priority areas and accompanying
action items that will help to address current pandemic response problems.
Developing centralized leadership; coordinating existing agencies and
departments; reforming...
Themes: Health & Health Facilities
Hazards: Epidemic & Pandemic
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