Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States - Challenges /ohrlls/tags/challenges en Crisis Mitigation and Resilience Building for LDCs (2016) /ohrlls/news/crisis-mitigation-and-resilience-building-ldcs-2016 <div class="field field-name-field-featured-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div id="file-2060--2" class="file file-image file-image-jpeg"> <h2 class="element-invisible"><a href="/ohrlls/file/2060">tuvalu_silke_von_brockhausenundp.jpg</a></h2> <div class="content"> <img class="panopoly-image-original img-responsive" src="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/styles/panopoly_image_original/public/news_articles/tuvalu_silke_von_brockhausenundp.jpg?itok=L-RITO8Y" alt="The main square of Nui Island (Tuvalu) is still under water over a month after cyclone pam created huge waves." title="The main square of Nui Island (Tuvalu) is still under water over a month after cyclone pam created huge waves." /><div class="field field-name-field-file-image-title-text field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">The main square of Nui Island (Tuvalu) is still under water over a month after cyclone pam created huge waves.</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-uw-image-copyright field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Copyright:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Silke von Brockhausen/UNDP</div></div></div> </div> </div> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The Least Developed Countries&nbsp;(LDCs) constitute the poorest&nbsp;segment of humanity. They are also&nbsp;the most vulnerable countries and&nbsp;those with the lowest stock of human&nbsp;and physical capital. In recent years,&nbsp;LDCs have experienced a whole&nbsp;range of external shocks, including&nbsp;natural and climate-related disasters,&nbsp;volatility of commodity prices and&nbsp;aid flows and health pandemics.</p> <p><img alt="" src="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/download_icon.png" style="width: 85px; height: 85px;" /><a href="/ohrlls/sites/www.un.org.ohrlls/files/crisis-mitigation_21_05_2016_final_english.pdf" target="_blank">Download</a></p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-front-page-article field-type-list-boolean field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Front Page Article:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Mar 2017 18:48:00 +0000 Anonymous 1511 at /ohrlls