PH needs more R&D investments for evidence-based disaster risk reduction policies, strategies – NEDA

SENDAI, JAPAN – With the increasing frequency of natural hazards and disaster-related economic losses globally, more public investments on disaster risk reduction (DRR), particularly on research and development (R&D) are necessary to support more effective and evidence-based DRR policies and strategies, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. continue reading : PH needs more R&D investments for evidence-based disaster risk reduction policies, strategies – NEDA

EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN & DEV’T ASSISTANCE MUST BE COORDINATED WITH GOVERNMENT – NEDA, Parallel structures overburden LGUs, Balisacan says

Economic Planning Secretary and NEDA Director-General Arsenio Balisacan (2nd from left) met with ​​United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Administrator Helen Clark (2nd from right) to discuss disaster risk reduction and management  and the progress and directions of UNDP assistance to the Philippines at the UN Headquarters in New York City on July 10, 2014. Also in continue reading : EXTERNAL HUMANITARIAN & DEV’T ASSISTANCE MUST BE COORDINATED WITH GOVERNMENT – NEDA, Parallel structures overburden LGUs, Balisacan says