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    NGOs in Asia-Pacific pivot toward disaster resilience

    In the first half of 2016, the world spent $92 billion responding to natural disasters. With predictions that disasters will continue to increase in frequency and severity, aid groups in the Asia-Pacific region are rethinking their spending and their strategies.

    By Lisa Cornish // 02 November 2016

    The Asia-Pacific is the world’s most disaster-affected region, accounting for 43 percent of all natural disasters, 67 percent of disaster-related deaths and 65 percent of all persons affected by natural disasters in 2015, according to the World Disasters Report released by the Red Cross in October.

    The rising incidence of natural disasters has dramatically reshaped funding priorities and programming for NGOs working in the region. Peter Walton, international director for Red Cross Australia, said the shift toward disaster-related programs in the Asia-Pacific had been “pretty significant.”

    Last year, $92 billion was spent responding to natural disasters worldwide, of which $45 billion was the Asia-Pacific.

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      Lisa Cornish is a former Devex Senior Reporter based in Canberra, where she focuses on the Australian aid community. Lisa has worked with News Corp Australia as a data journalist and has been published throughout Australia in the Daily Telegraph in Melbourne, Herald Sun in Melbourne, Courier-Mail in Brisbane, and online through news.com.au. Lisa additionally consults with Australian government providing data analytics, reporting and visualization services.

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