Economics of disaster risk reduction

A project has been commissioned jointly by the World Bank Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) and the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction (UN/ISDR) to evaluate the economic arguments for disaster risk reduction. The study will address topics such as balance ex ante and ex post actions and the role of public intervention, relationships to long-term development prospects, cost benefit analysis for disaster risk reduction, disasters and conflicts, urbanization of disasters, and the implication of climate change on disaster economics.

The Assessment is aimed at decision makers and its findings are intended to influence the broader thinking related to disaster risk and disaster occurrence, to raise awareness of the potential to reduce the costs of disasters, and to promote guidance on the implementation of disaster risk-reducing interventions.

Language: English
Members: 25