Private sector

As the Haiti operation moves from rescue to reconstruction, Duncan Green, head of research at Oxfam, discusses the major challenges that can be expected to emerge from the process and examines the results of policies applied to earthquake affected zones in the past...

This policy brief responds to recent signals from large institutional investors and suggests that there is potential for raising new finance specifically for adaptation, provided the right investment products are available. It looks at various ways in

The World Bank Group (WBG) is sending experts to work with the Haitian Government and its partners to assess needs and losses and plan for recovery and reconstruction with commitments from the GFDRR and the International Finance Corporation, the WBG's private sector arm...

The reports suggest the establishment of a catastrophic insurance facility and also advises the government to empower communities to take action, support local-level initiatives, and promote public-private partnerships in disaster reduction...

This review aims at developing a common action plan that would facilitate public-private partnerships (PPP) for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in East Asia, based on an evaluation of PPP case studies and consultations with stakeholders.

Its outputs

This post-disaster needs assessment estimates the costs of recovery and reconstruction resulting from the impacts of the August 2009 floods in Dakar, Sengal.

'We are proud to contribute...to this research project to monitor an area of high geological risk, which has previously caused damage and casualties in the local population', said Managing Director of Cabloswiss...

This Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) assesses damage and losses incurred as a result of 2009 floods, and provides an assessment of recovery and reconstruction options that could provide resilience to future events such as droughts and floods.