... storm in 200 years. A much less-publicized cyclone in India in June caused damage comparable to Mitch and an estimated 10,000 deaths. Major floods hit India, Nepal, Bangladesh and much of East Asia, with thousands killed. ...
... dropped by some 20% in Thailand, 50% in China, and 70% in India. The risks inherent in globalized production carry great rewards for ... Over the last 12 months, thousands of lives were saved in India, the Philippines, and elsewhere by improved weather forecasting, ...
... causes range from rising demand in major economies such as India and China to climate- and weather-related events such as hurricanes, ...
... its principal trading partners, among them Brazil, China and India. As we enter the newer age of mobility, people will move across borders ...
... Our special thanks go to the top contributors: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nigeria and Nepal. Together, these nations of the south ...
... remarkable results. Community-based projects in Nepal and India's Uttar Pradesh have used risk-mapping to retrofit schools against ...
... Under its new National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, India has begun paying people to better manage natural resources, such as ...
... has reduced deforestation in the Amazon basin by 50 percent. India is devoting 2 percent of GDP annually to flood control and food security ...
... acquire, they also help transfer technology and knowledge. India's software industry has emerged in large part from intensive networking ...
... creating nearly a million jobs annually. Economists say that India, Nigeria and Venezuela, among many others, could do much the same. ...
