Executive Summary - GFDRR

THE WORLD BANK
COLOMBIA
Executive Summary
Analysis of Disaster Risk Management in Colombia:
A Contribution to the Creation of Public Policies
Copyright © 2011 by International Bank for Reconstruction and Development /
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This book was originally published by The World Bank in Spanish as Resumen Ejecutivo. Análisis de
la gestión del riesgo de desastres en Colombia: un aporte para la construcción de políticas públicas.
The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this book are entirely those of the
authors and should not be attributed in any manner to the World Bank or Global Facility for
Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR), to its affiliated organizations, or to members of its
Board of Executive Directors or the countries they represent.
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Design: Marcela Godoy
Proofreading and editing: Zuzana Johansen, Carolina de Los Angeles Ferrer.
Cover photo: Floods. Municipality of Chia (Cundinamarca, Colombia), 2011.
Image credit: Regional Autonomous Corporation of Cundinamarca.
Photos: Gabriel J. Arango Z., Nilson Correa B., Colombian Geological Survey, Colombian Ocean
Commission.
Executive Summary. Analysis of Disaster Risk Management in Colombia: A Contribution to the
Creation of Public Policies. -- Bogota, Colombia: The World Bank: GFDRR, 2012.
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