Huffiington: Why aren't we ready for 'natural' disasters?

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'Almost half of the countries borrowing from the World Bank for disaster response did not mention disaster prevention in their development plans, report Vinod Thomas, Director-General and Senior Vice-President of the Independent Evaluation Group an an editorial for The Huffington Post.

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