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| Muritaniyah
/ Mauritania |
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More than
50 percent of Mauritania’s population is living in poverty,
and 75 percent perceive themselves as poor. Mauritania has high
risk in terms of food security. (The Observatoire de la sécurité
alimentaire1 , based on a Geographic Information System, classifies
communes by level of risk.) The majority of the rural population
lives in vulnerable conditions as a result of high levels of
poverty and unemployment, low standards of living, lack of access
to resources, unequal patterns of asset ownership and distribution,
and environmental degradation. An annual population growth of
2.9 percent and the lack of land planning in urban areas increase
the level of risk.
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In
January 2002, three regions in southern Mauritania – Trarza,
Brakna, and Gorgol – were affected by a cold wave and heavy
rains. These hazards caused significant deterioration of living
conditions and crippled food and livestock production. Although
the government did not launch a formal appeal to the international
community, a request was submitted to the World Food Programme
(WFP) to organise an emergency intervention. The crisis revealed
a lack of capacity at the national level to respond promptly and
in a coordinated manner to a given emergency situation. A joint
OCHA/UNDP mission conducted in June 2002 determined that the response
to the crisis “was characterized by the absence of prompt
response from the national counterpart and the weak mobilization
of donors, leading to an inaccurate assessment of emergency needs
support.” However, the food shortage of the third quarter
of 2002, which affected at least 60,000 Mauritanians, received
a better response both from the government and the UN. (...)
More information |
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plus d'information |
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• UNDP
Mauritania Country Office
• Gestion
des Risques et des Catastrophes |
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| Related
Projects |
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Improving National Capacities in Disaster Management |
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| Liens
supplémentaires |
| •
Commissariat à
la sécurité alimentaire |
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