Mainstreaming Disaster Risk Reduction into Governance and Development: Bangladesh Perspective

Bangladesh, as a disaster-prone country, where disaster poses a huge challenge, and where post-disaster reconstruction generally focuses on the immediate needs, makes it difficult to incorporate longer terms concerns of disaster risk reduction (DRR).

Appropriate legislative arrangements for disaster risk management, including the mainstreaming of DRR into governance and development are duly adopted by the Government of Bangladesh. However, the level of enforcement is not up to the mark.