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Governance

The institutional structures and processes that drive decision-making and management of DRR programs at regional, national and local level. This theme also includes institutions, legislations, policies and coordination mechanisms such as regional and national platforms.

UN Member States are exploring a legally binding instrument to better protect people before, during, and after disasters.

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Why do people die in earthquakes? The costs, benefits and institutions of disaster risk reduction in developing countries

Policy research working paper 4823

This document addresses the cost effectivity of the public disaster risk-reduction interventions (including construction activities) and the benefit-cost ratio of engineering solutions that could almost completely

World Bank, the
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Kenya: Late rains to worsen food security

Food insecurity in Kenya, already affecting millions of people, is set to escalate because the long rains are late and unlikely to be sufficient, officials warned...

The New Humanitarian
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OCHA in 2009: annual plan and budget

In this report, OCHA reaffirms its engagement to continue to work closely with its partners in 2009 in continuing to strengthen the humanitarian system, not only in relation to response but also prevention and preparedness.

This report is organised into

United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs
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Consolidated framework of WFP policies

This document captures the overall framework for World Food Programme’s policies in an updated version including policies endorsed by the Board in 2007–2008 on World Food Programme’s private-sector partnership and fundraising strategy.

One section of

World Food Programme (WFP)
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Disaster risk reduction: education policy review

The study on which this report is based was commissioned by ActionAid International in order to strengthen donor support for DRR in education programmes, and thus enable the activities identified by HFA under priority 3 to take place.

The report

ActionAid International
Policies and plans
National policies and plans
Saint Lucia: National emergency management plan

The Saint Lucia National Plan, its summary, sections and subsections can be consulted in the NEMO for free or on the Internet on the Saint Lucia Official Webpage (see links below).

The Saint Lucia National Emergency Plan was revised during the period

National Emergency Management Organisation
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Guatemala hosts regional workshop for a shared agenda on disaster management

A regional workshop held in Guatemala last week aimed at raising awareness on the Central American initiative for a policy on an integrated management of risk...

Guatamalan Times, the
Documents and publications
UNFCCC technical workshop on integrating practices, tools and systems for climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk reduction strategies into national policies and programmes: 10-12 March 2009

Earth negotiations bulletin, vol. 12 no. 396, Monday, 16 March 2009

This publication gives a summary of the meeting, which aimed to identify successful examples of using tools and integrating climate risk assessment and management and disaster risk

International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)
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