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VideoOctober 1, 2013

Building Resilience of the Coastal Population of Bangladesh to Climate Change (long)

There are an estimated 8 million people vulnerable to inundation of over three meters in Bangladesh's coastal areas. To increase the resilience of the coastal population to flooding and other natural disasters, the World Bank is helping build cyclone shelters, strengthen early warning systems, and upgrade Bangladesh's coastal embankment system.