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Workshop on Knowledge and Policy Gaps in Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning

Posted on March 6, 2016  /  0 Comments

A LIRNEasia report will be the centerpiece of the Workshop on Knowledge and Policy Gaps in Disaster Risk Reduction and Development Planning organized by the ICT and Disaster Risk Reduction Division of ESCAP on 8-9 March 2016, at United Nations Conference Centre, Bangkok.

Link to workshop information.

LIRNEasia will also make presentations on uses of mobile network big data for disaster risk reduction and on improving international backhaul.

The MNBD Talk.

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