Disasters drain Asia-Pacific economies
1 Jul 2011

Asia-Pacific countries must pull together to overcome natural calamities that have set back the region’s road to economic recovery, a United Nations official told a disaster risk reduction meeting in Bangkok.
“An increase in extreme weather events and unprecedented natural calamities have set back Asia-Pacific economic recovery and development gains and require a joint regional response,” said Nagesh Kumar, of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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