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Reducing Disaster Risk: A Challenge for Development
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Botswana
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Click here to see Botwana's ID code for disasters - GLIDE number
Botswana is classified as a middle-income country with a population of about 1.7 million people. The majority of the population lives in the eastern part of the country where infrastructure and social amenities are readily available. The country has experienced both natural and human-induced disasters in the past. The natural disasters comprise mainly droughts, floods, veld fires, animal diseases, earthquakes and tremors, pest infestations, epidemics, and HIV/AIDS. The institutional capacities to handle disasters as a development issue are currently being addressed through the formulation of the National Disaster Response Plan 9.

The plan will establish an effective system for the use of various resources to preserve the health, safety, and welfare of all likely to be affected by disasters. Legislation on national disaster management is scheduled to be formulated during the course of 2003. (...)
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