Fast Facts: Disaster Risk Reduction and Recovery

Ninety-five percent of disaster fatalities occur in developing countries. It is the poor who live in the most drought, flood and extreme weather prone regions and suffer most when catastrophe occurs. Disasters put hard won development achievements at risk, reversing economic growth and progress towards the elimination of poverty; cause environmental damage; and result in human suffering. UNDP helps develop the capacity of governments in over 60 countries to respond to disasters when they strike and mitigate the risk they pose.