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• OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER
• EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT UNITNAMIBIA

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INTEGRATION , PLANNING AND DROUGHT (How it looks
from the Namibian Government Perspective)
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

• 1.  BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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• 2.  THE ECONOMY AND DROUGTH
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• 3.  NAMIBIAS NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY AND
  STRATEGY
  
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• 4.  INTEGRATING DROUGHT RISK MANAGEMENT INTO
  DEVELOPMENTAL POLICY.
  
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• 5.  CONCLUSION

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1.  BACKGROUND INFORMATION
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

•       Semi-arid to arid country
•       22 of country classified as desert
•       Majority of farmers practicing
• subsistence farming

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DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE
2. THE ECONOMY AND DROUGHT

•      Skewed per capita income
•      (10 higher income and 90 lower income)
•       Poverty and impact of drought
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•      Drought vulnerability
•       The Elderly people above 60 years old
•       Pregnant women
•       Children under five years
•       People with severe disability

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2. THE ECONOMY AND DROUGHT cont.
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

• Free drought aid assistance
•       Free food assistance
•       Subsidies on fodder, transportation and
• marketing of livestock
•      Dependency syndrome
•      The National Emergency Disaster Fund
•      Annual allocation of money to the fund

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3. NAMIBIAS NATIONAL DROUGHT POLICY AND STRATEGY
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

•        Approved in November 1997
•        Objectives of Policy and Strategy
• Long and short term measures

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4. INTEGRATION OF DROUGHT RISK MANAGEMENT INTO
DEVELOPMENT POLICY
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

•        Sectoral policies and strategies
•        Need for integration

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DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE
5. CONCLUSION

•       Proactive vs. reactive to drought risk
• management
• Vulnerability assessment

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KEY WORDS
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

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•     VULNERABILITY
•     RISK REDUCTION
•     INTEGRATION
•     TARGETING
•     FUNDING

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TAKE HOME LESSONS
DRM NAMIBIAN PERSPECTIVE

• ENABLING POLICY ON DISASTER/DROUGHT
• RISK MANAGENMENT
• DEPENDENCY SYNDROME
• COMPREHENSIVE VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
• UNSUSTAINABLE FARMING PRACTICES
• HIGH OPERATIONAL COST
• MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF RELEIF
• ASSISTANCE
• JANUARY 2005
• OPM EMU