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Haiti: has there been progress in disaster reduction since the last big earthquake?

Disaster Planning and Emergency Management

For example, in the 2008 hurricane season, four named storms arrived. Consider, for example, the role of the Internet and social media. As they lend a sense of immediacy and connection, social media have strengthened that relationship, and never more than in times of disaster. Disasters 34(S3): S444-S463. [ii]

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Government Mortgage Interest Rates: A Serious Discussion about the Intertwined Topics of Risk Adjustment and Cross-subsidies

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

.” 15 In late April, reactions to the new GSE G-fee grids – which until then had been the object of discussion mainly within the industry and housing policy community – broke out into the realm of cable news, social media, and politics. This claim is simply untrue.