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Institutional Earthquake

IPN Opinion article

Authors: 
Iain Murray
Media outlet: 

National Review

Date and time
Published date: 
Monday, February 8, 2010
Teaser: 

Iain Murray cites IPN's paper on institutional resilience to discuss why the Haiti earthquake caused so many deaths. (National Review subscription required for full text)

So what are the institutions of resiliency? A 2005 report from the Sustainable Development Network (SDN), prepared for the U.N.’s World Conference on Disaster Reduction, does a good job of listing them. “Disasters and Development,” available at www.policynetwork.net, emphasizes the following...

[see here for IPN's original report]

Article Link: 
http://nrd.nationalreview.com/article/?q=YjJmMzBlZGIyYThlZTkzMTY1NDMzYjM1ZmFjNjg...