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Damage, loss and needs assessment guidance notes: Volume 1. Design and execution of a damage, loss and needs assessment

This guideline is for World Bank Task Team Leaders (TTLs) entrusted with the design and execution of assessments to determine disaster impacts as well as post-disaster needs for recovery, reconstruction and disaster risk reduction or management. It is based on experience when the World Bank has led or participated in similar exercises to assist member states affected by disasters. It is intended to facilitate the work of TTLs and to provide a framework for the identification of post-disaster needs.
The guidance notes comprise three volumes i) Guideline for Task Team Leaders (TTL) in the Design and Execution of a Damage, Loss and Needs Assessment, ii) Conducting Damage and Loss Assessments after Disasters, and iii) Estimation of Post-Disaster Needs for Recovery and Reconstruction.
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