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This publication explores the different shocks and challenges affecting agriculture livelihoods, such as natural hazards, food chain and protracted crises. The report recmmoends the adoption of a multi-hazard and cross-sectoral approach, arguing that

Technical Notes IDB-TN-169:

This technical note presents the Indicators of Disaster Risk and Risk Management updated for: Argentina, Barbados, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua

This report explains the breadth of barriers facing businesses, in light of global estimates showing that the costs of climate change adaptation in developing countries will far exceed the public sector’s financial resources. These barriers include access

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Esta guía ha sido desarrollada como parte de la iniciativa DIPECHO IX “Proyecto regional: Protegiendo a grupos vulnerables de Centroamérica a través de la incorporación de principios humanitarios de protección en preparativos y respuesta”

This document presents an overview on the impact of the Dry Corridor phenomenon in Central America, and the work the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) - in collaboration with its partners - is doing to support countries to increase disaster

This is an action research publication of the Community Practitioners Platform (CPP) for Resilience in Latin America and the Caribbean, an organizing and networking mechanism for community-based groups, grassroots women-led groups in particular, to reduce

This publication aims to shed some light on women’s capabilities to take leading roles in building disaster resilience. It features women as drivers of change in different socio-economic contexts, and under various gender conditions.

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This report analyzes the growing body of evidence linking community forest rights with healthier forests and lower carbon dioxide emissions from deforestation and forest degradation. Although this report concerns climate change mitigation, strengthening

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