Property Rights

Disasters and development

Publication date:

Monday, January 17, 2005

UN disaster reduction strategy an unmitigated failure

IPN 
Press release

Wealth and prosperity increase resilience to natural disasters, says a new Sustainable Development Network study

The Political Economy of Land Degradation: Pressure Groups, Foreign Aid and the Myth of Man-Made Deserts

Author: Julian Morris

Publication date:

Monday, May 1, 1995

This publication describes the international politics behind the Convention to Combat Desertification.