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Our world has been witnessing a consistent rise in water-related disasters in recent years.
This paper provides an overview of how economists think about climate change impacts with a focus on Asia. It is designed to discuss the steps along the causal chain from physical impacts to impacts on human and natural systems.
We measure the impact of extreme weather events—droughts and floods—on health-care utilization and expenditures in Sri Lanka.
This report provides an overview of workshop discussions on developing the elements of a disaster risk financing strategy, enhanced by responses received from participating countries to a questionnaire that was circulated in advance of the worksho
This paper aims to consider the multitude of ways in which one disaster may precipitate another, either by directly causing it (if there would otherwise not be the second event) or by severely impairing the resilience and response o
This policy brief discusses two types of disaster risk financing (DRF) tools that can act as policy options for disaster risk reduction (DRR) in Asia and the Pacific.
The OECD and the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), with the support of the Government of Japan, are organising a seminar on disaster risk financing in the Asian region. Debates will focus on:
ADBI working paper 448:
Voluntary Commitments
The organization has no registered commitments.
The Sendai Framework Voluntary Commitments (SFVC) online platform allows stakeholders to inform the public about their work on DRR. The SFVC online platform is a useful toolto know who is doing what and where for the implementation of the Sendai Framework, which could foster potential collaboration among stakeholders. All stakeholders (private sector, civil society organizations, academia, media, local governments, etc.) working on DRR can submit their commitments and report on their progress and deliverables.