RRI Central America: providing data to the GAR11 (UNISDR)

Data from the Risk Reduction Index in Central America has been included in the second edition of the UNISDR’s 2011 Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction -Revealing Risk, Redefining Development. The GAR contributes to achieving the Hyogo Framework for Action by monitoring risk patterns and progress in disaster risk reduction. This second edition of the GAR drew on new and enhanced data provided by governments and also on studies led by NGOs and specialized institutions, such as DARA and the RRI.