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Disasters Stats: compare key data on Australia & Bangladesh

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  • Disaster risk reduction progress score > 1-5 scale; 5=best: Disaster risk reduction progress score (1-5 scale; 5=best). Disaster risk reduction progress score is an average of self-assessment scores, ranging from 1 to 5, submitted by countries under Priority 1 of the Hyogo Framework National Progress Reports. The Hyogo Framework is a global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts that was adopted by 168 countries in 2005. Assessments of "Priority 1" include four indicators that reflect the degree to which countries have prioritized disaster risk reduction and the strengthening of relevant institutions.
  • Disaster risk reduction progress score > 1-5 scale; 5=best per million: Disaster risk reduction progress score (1-5 scale; 5=best). Disaster risk reduction progress score is an average of self-assessment scores, ranging from 1 to 5, submitted by countries under Priority 1 of the Hyogo Framework National Progress Reports. The Hyogo Framework is a global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts that was adopted by 168 countries in 2005. Assessments of "Priority 1" include four indicators that reflect the degree to which countries have prioritized disaster risk reduction and the strengthening of relevant institutions. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Tsunami > International aid packages: Countries around the globe have stepped forward with pledges of cash and assistance to the victims of the southern Asian earthquake and tsunami disaster.

    The following is a list of contributions pledged by countries, (as of Saturday, Jan 22nd, 2005 - 06:30 PM GMT) compiled from reports by Reuters bureaux and United Nations agencies.

    There are packages coming from international Aid agencies like the IMF, The Red Cross, UNEP, UNICEF and WHO.

STAT Australia Bangladesh
Disaster risk reduction progress score > 1-5 scale; 5=best 4
Ranked 11th. The same as Bangladesh
4
Ranked 15th.
Disaster risk reduction progress score > 1-5 scale; 5=best per million 0.179
Ranked 49th. 7 times more than Bangladesh
0.0262
Ranked 77th.
Tsunami > International aid packages The <a href=/cat/Government>government</a> has raised its offer of aid to $815 million over a five-year period. Half of this sum is in bilateral loans. <a href=/encyclopedia/Prime-Minister-of-the-United-Kingdom>Prime Minister</a>, John Howard has been sceptical about supporting the debt relief initiative being pushed by other wealthy countries. <a href=/encyclopedia/September_11,_2001_Terrorist_Attack/Donations>Donations</a> from the <a href=/country/as>Australian</a> public total $88m. About 350 <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> staff, four <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> helicopters, a troop transport ship, a <a href=/cat/Military>military</a> <a href=/cat/Health>health</a> support team and a water purification plant are being sent to <a href=/country/id>Indonesia</a>, as well as a team of volunteer medical professionals. <a href=/country/bg>Bangladesh</a> has dispatched 111 soldiers to <a href=/country/ce>Sri Lanka</a> and the <a href=/country/mv>Maldives</a>, with a further 46 expected to join them. Two planes and two helicopters will carry the troops together with aid supplies.

SOURCES: (UNISDR, 2009-2011 Progress Reports, http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo).; (UNISDR, 2009-2011 Progress Reports, http://www.preventionweb.net/english/hyogo). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; BBC, Alert net by Reuters, Sify news and The Age

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