TY - BOOK AU - Keipi, Kari TI - From disaster response to prevention : companion paper to the Disaster Risk Management Policy PY - 2007/// CY - WashingtonUS PB - IDB N2 - Provides the background and context of the new policy. Underscores the need for reducing vulnerability in Latin American and the Caribbean. Establishes the merits of a shift to proactive disaster risk management embodied in the policy ER -