...Susanne Klien Civil society groups have helped meet social needs left unaddressed by the official response to the 2011 triple disaster. Their influence may be changing traditional patterns of rural neglect. © 2017 Current History. All rights reserved. 2017 The Regents of the University...

... of the world s deadliest disasters. For 35 seconds the earth shook, and large parts of the capital city of a nation already struggling with the historical weight of slavery, underdevelopment, imperialism, and intense internal divisions were reduced to rubble. Although a precise death toll remains elusive...

... disproportionate burden disaster donors funding COP20 COP19 COP22 Lima Paris Geneva 144 Bangladesh, which is particularly exposed to the consequences of climate change and suffered two devastating cyclones in recent years, has taken a leading role . . . in advocating new international commitments...