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    ISAS Briefs

    Quick analytical responses to occurrences in South Asia

    367: Nepal after the Mega Earthquake

    Nischal N Pandey, Director of the Centre for South Asian Studies, Kathmandu, and Honorary Fellow of ISAS

    26 May 2015

    In Nepal the inability of the state to cope with the recent devastating earthquake was mitigated by help from India, China, and the United States. This points towards the urgency of enhancing the disaster management capacity in Nepal and a coordinated disaster management structure for South Asia.