Bangladesh

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This policy brief examines the physical and socioeconomic factors that make Bangladesh so vulnerable to flooding, particularly in a changing climate, before reviewing how the country has addressed this challenge to date and how it might respond better.
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This paper aims to understand the underlying factors affecting the dissemination of early warning information, and how it hinders community evacuation in the event of a disaster.
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To put in place inclusive strategies that increase resilience, there is an urgent need to better understand the gendered effects of climate change across countries. This paper explores the connections between climate change and gender-related outcomes.
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This technical report outlines research to develop a methodology that accurately portrays on-the-ground experiences and comprehensively depicts the losses and damages that affected societies’ experience.
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This handbook offers an operational understanding of Bangladesh's disaster management capability and vulnerability.
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This booklet outlines Practical Action's work on flood early warning dissemination over many years. It has been exploring with local people what can be done to reduce the impact of flooding on the poorest, most flood-affected communities in Bangladesh.
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This briefing showcases existing interventions that are replicable and scalable and presents three key action areas requiring further government support.
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This study analyzes systematically how components of internal displacement data are related to disaster outcomes in Somalia, Afghanistan, the Marshall Islands and Bangladesh using a data inventory tool.

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