International Disaster Aid: Lessons for the Gulf

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International Disaster Aid: Lessons for the Gulf

Listen Thursday, Sep. 8, 2005 at 1:06 p.m. in Disaster

"How could this happen in the U.S.?" It's a common refrain as disaster assistance continues in the hurricane-ravaged Gulf region. We ask international development experts how lessons from humanitarian crises in countries as diverse as Sri Lanka and Sudan may apply to the domestic disaster.

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Guests

Susan Romanski

Deputy Director, Global Emergency Operations Team, Mercy Corps

Kim Maynard

Humanitarian assistance consultant and President of the Cuny Center in Washington, D.C.

Astrid van Genderen Stort

Senior media officer with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva

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