Validates the completion report’s assessment of the project, whose objectives were to improve the urban environment and public health, and enhance the quality of surface water and groundwater within project cities and downstream areas through better wastewater management. IED overall assessment: Successful

Validates the completion report’s assessment of the project which aims to improve health and quality of life of people in the project towns in Viet Nam through construction of water supply, drainage, and sanitation facilities and providing health and hygiene education. IED overall assessment: Successful

Validates the completion report’s assessment of the project which aims to improve water supply and sanitation conditions in the urban centers in Kathmandu Valley in Nepal. IED overall assessment: Successful

This working paper focuses on disaster risks connected to the phenomenon of climate change. It asserts that the confluence of three factors--rising exposure of populations, increasing vulnerabilities, and the changing nature of the hazards themsevles--are contributing to turn these hazards of nature into intense natural disasters.