Lesotho Post-Disaster Needs Assessment : Heavy Rains 2010-11

The Kingdom of Lesotho is a land-locked nation located in the Drakensberg mountain range in Southern Africa. The country has a total area of 30355 km² and in 2009 had an estimated population of nearly 2.1 million, with nominal per capita Gross Dome...

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Main Author:	Government of Lesotho
Format:	Other Environmental Study
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013
Subjects:	ACCESS TO GOODS ACCESS TO SERVICES AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL LAND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AIDS PANDEMIC ANIMAL PRODUCTS ANTE-NATAL CARE BASIC NEEDS BIODIVERSITY BURIAL COSTS BUS BUS OPERATORS CAPACITY BUILDING CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT CHILD WELFARE CHRONIC FOOD INSECURITY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLIMATE CHANGE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT CONTINGENCY PLAN CONTINGENCY PLANS CROP PRODUCTION CROSSINGS CULVERTS DAMAGED HOUSES DAMAGES DEVELOPMENT PLANNING DEVELOPMENT PLANS DISASTER DISASTER EVENTS DISASTER MANAGEMENT DISASTER RECOVERY DISASTER REDUCTION DISASTER RISK DISASTER RISK REDUCTION DISTRIBUTION OF WATER DRIVERS DROUGHT DROUGHTS DRUGS EARLY WARNING EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC SHOCKS ECOSYSTEM EFFECTS OF INFLATION EMERGENCIES EMERGENCY RELIEF EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMERGENCY SHELTERS EMERGENCY TASK EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION EXTREME EVENTS EXTREME WEATHER EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS FAMINE FAMINE RELIEF FAMINES FARM INCOME FARMERS FARMING SEASON FERTILITY FLOOD FLOOD DAMAGE FLOODED FLOODS FOOD AID FOOD DEFICIT FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD ITEMS FOOD NEEDS FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SECURITY FUELS GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HAIL STORMS HAILSTORMS HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH CENTRE HEALTH CENTRES HEALTH EDUCATION HEALTH FACILITIES HIV HOSPITAL HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HUMAN ACTIVITY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN SETTLEMENT ILLNESS IMMIGRANTS IMMUNIZATION IMPACT OF DISASTERS INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INDUSTRIAL WASTE INEQUALITY INFANT INFORMATION SYSTEM INSURANCE INSURANCE COMPANIES INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY LABOUR FORCE LABOUR MIGRANTS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE LAND MANAGEMENT LAND USE LARGE NUMBERS OF WOMEN LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION LOCAL CAPACITY MALNUTRITION MEAT MEDICAL SUPPLIES MEDICINES MIGRANT MIGRATION MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH MINORITY MOBILITY MORTALITY MOTHER MOTHER TO CHILD MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN NATIONAL EMERGENCY NATURAL HAZARDS NATURAL RESOURCES NUMBER OF AIDS ORPHANS NUTRITION NUTRITIONAL STATUS ORPHANS PANDEMIC PHYSICAL DAMAGES POLICE POLITICAL CHANGE POLITICAL TURMOIL POOR POOR HOUSEHOLDS POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS POVERTY LINE POVERTY POVERTY PREVENTABLE DISEASES PRIVATE TRANSPORT PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSPORT PUBLIC WORKS QUALITY OF EDUCATION RECONSTRUCTION REFUGEES REHABILITATION NEEDS RELIEF RELIEF ACTIVITIES RELIEF EFFORT RELIEF EFFORTS RELIEF OPERATION REMITTANCES RESPECT RISK MANAGEMENT RISK REDUCTION ROAD ROAD TRANSPORT ROADS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL ECONOMY RURAL ELECTRIFICATION RURAL HOUSEHOLDS RURAL LIVELIHOODS RURAL POPULATION RURAL POPULATIONS RURAL WATER RURAL WATER SUPPLY SAFE DRINKING WATER SAFETY SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL FEEDING SEA LEVEL SECONDARY SCHOOLS SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL IMPACT SOCIAL IMPACTS SOCIAL SECTOR SOCIAL SECTORS SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL WELFARE SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION STORM SUPPLY SYSTEMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TAX TAXI OPERATORS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TORNADO TRAFFIC TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT SECTOR TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT UNFPA UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION URBAN AREAS URBAN POPULATION URBAN POPULATIONS URBANIZATION VACCINES VEHICULAR TRAFFIC VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY TO DISASTERS VULNERABLE GROUPS WARS WATER PROJECT WATER RESOURCES WIDOWS WIND SPEED WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/16465266/lesotho-post-disaster-needs-assessment-heavy-rains-2010-11 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12683

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Summary:	The Kingdom of Lesotho is a land-locked nation located in the Drakensberg mountain range in Southern Africa. The country has a total area of 30355 km² and in 2009 had an estimated population of nearly 2.1 million, with nominal per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of US$ 1080 (in 2010). About 75 percent live in rural areas, often in scattered mountain villages, while most of the urban population lives in and around the capital Maseru and the surrounding low lands. The hazards that affect Lesotho are drought, snowfall, hailstorms, strong winds, localized floods, and early frost. Lesotho's vulnerability to these hazards is compounded by a number of other underlying factors, including high levels of poverty, particularly in rural areas where the scattered nature of settlements makes the provision of and access to social services difficult. The high HIV prevalence rate has resulted in the existence of vulnerable groups, particularly Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVCs). This document describes the implementation of the Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) process, presents the findings of the assessment and makes initial recommendations for post-disaster recovery, reconstruction and risk reduction activities, to be considered by the Government.

Lesotho Post-Disaster Needs Assessment : Heavy Rains 2010-11

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