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Closing the Resilience Gap: A Tale of Two Countries, Nepal and Chile

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On April 25, 2015, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck nearly 50 miles (80 km) northwest of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal.  This resulted in more than 8,600 fatalities, the destruction of around half a million homes, and left 2.8 million people displaced. Some two years on and rebuilding efforts have barely started, as US$4.1 billion […]

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