Governance

Oxfam briefing note:

This paper calls for a radical rethink in the way South Asian governments implement policies to defend against floods and respond to their aftermath. It urges governments and donors to invest in reducing the risk of disasters as a

This document is the first in a series of case studies being undertaken by the ProVention Consortium in support of the process to mainstream disaster risk reduction into development, examining experience to date and challenges ahead in mainstreaming at a

E/ESCAP/CDR/INF/4 - Committee on Disaster Risk Reduction, First session, 25-27 March 2009, Bangkok:

This document presents the interim progress in the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in some countries of the Asia and the Pacific region

This document presents the National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies plan for 2008-2009 to respond to the effects of disasters on a daily basis, in countries where the public infrastructures are weak or non-existent.

Under their humanitarian mandate

This document presents the DG ECHO's humanitarian actions evaluation which purpose is to assess the mainstreaming of disaster risk reduction, with a focus on different relief sectors and stages in the disaster cycle.

In addition, the evaluation includes

Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament:

This document proposes an European Union (EU) strategy for supporting disaster risk reduction (DRR) in developing countries through both development cooperation and

Based on a literature review in selected areas of environmental policy, the OECD report suggests that the economic costs of failing to introduce environmental policies that are “sufficiently ambitious”, can be considerable in facing numerous environmental