Building Resilience from the Grassroots: The Cyclone Preparedness Programme at 50

Ahmadul Haque, Dilruba Haider, Muhammad Saidur Rahman, Laila Kabir and Raul Perez Lejano ()
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Ahmadul Haque: Cyclone Preparedness Programme, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Dilruba Haider: UN Women, Bangladesh Country Office, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Muhammad Saidur Rahman: Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Laila Kabir: Bangladesh Disaster Preparedness Centre, Dhaka 1212, Bangladesh
Raul Perez Lejano: School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, New York University, New York, NY 10012, USA

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 21, 1-6

Abstract: As Bangladesh’s Cyclone Preparedness Programme (CPP) celebrates its 50th anniversary, we reflect on its legacy, the gains made, and progress that still lies ahead. The CPP is unique among disaster risk-management agencies, as more than 90% of its staff consists of community volunteers. This unique institutional design influences its functioning. An important part of its growth has included the expansion of the involvement and leadership of women in the CPP, so that today, women constitute about 50% of the volunteer corps. We reflect on the improvements made, since Cyclone Bhola of 1970 (the deadliest natural tragedy on record) and analyze institutional features of the CPP that other countries can learn from. Lastly, we reflect on remaining challenges for the years ahead.

Keywords: disaster risk reduction; Cyclone Preparedness Programme; gender equality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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