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Oxfam’s ‘Band Aids and Beyond’ report
Oxfam’s new Ethiopia report , released on the 25th anniversary of the 1984 BBC famine reports, shows that despite some progress increasingly frequent droughts thanks to climate change are threatening the region with disaster again. Drought is estimated to cost Ethiopia $1.1billion a year, dwarfing development assistance.
To address this Oxfam call for an end to short-term responses, such as imported food aid, in favour of longer term risk reduction strategies that help communities prepare for and handle climatic shocks.
The report calls for an end to traditional ‘band aid’ responses and a new commitment to disaster risk management as a means to achieving equitable, long-term development in Ethiopia.
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03/12/2009 at 5:22 pm
Nice post as for me. I’d like to read more concerning that matter.