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Planning can cut costs of disasters: World Bank

Sendai : Japan | Oct 10, 2012 at 6:10 AM PDT
Source: Channel NewsAsia
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Catastrophes like Japan's 2011 tsunami cost the world more than US$3.5 trillion over the last 30 years, a conference heard Wednesday, as the World Bank called for better disaster planning. Policymakers meeting in Sendai, the main city in Japan's tsunami-ravaged northeast, were told that infrastructure... FULL ARTICLE AT Channel NewsAsia
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