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Displaying 9 of about 9 resultsBaseline Study on Recovery in Africa: Transitioning from Relief to Recovery seeks to present a comprehensive review of post-disaster recovery in Africa. The study is meant to contribute to an enhanced understanding and knowledge of recovery processes in the continent. Ultimately, it aims to provide insights on recovery management, policies and programme…
The work of Partners for Resilience (PfR) centres on making people, communities and systems better prepared to withstand catastrophic events, and enabling them to bounce back more quickly and emerge stronger from shocks and stresses. PfR promotes four building blocks, helping communities to: anticipate the risks they face, respond when disaster stri…
Tropical Cyclone Idai made landfall on the night of 14 to 15 March near Beira City, Sofala Province, in central Mozambique. The cyclone brought strong winds (180 – 220 km per hour) and heavy rain (more than 200 mm in 24 hours) across the provinces of Sofala, Manica, Zambezia, Tete and Inhambane, causing rivers to overflow with flood waters rep…
This policy brief provides an analysis of the impacts and review of the disaster response to draw lessons and policy implications for post-disaster institutional development. Increased climate change-induced hazards will worsen national vulnerability. Key policies and agencies need urgent improvement to frame more proactive disaster risk management. Str…
On 8 March, in consideration of the impact of the heavy rains, floods and strong winds associated with Tropical Cyclone Idai, the Government of Malawi (“the Government”) declared a State of Disaster in the 13 districts and two cities in the Southern Region and two districts in the Central Region. To enable a full understanding of the effects and im…
There are several efforts underway in the Pacific Islands to insure public and private assets against natural disasters such as cyclones and earthquakes. These efforts are designed to mitigate the annual costs of such disasters which range from a few percent to over 50 percent of GDP. However, insurance is not a substitute for aid. Most islands are hea…
The Disaster Recovery Framework –DRF (in Portuguese PREPOC) was prepared under the leadership of Mozambique’s Cabinet for Post-Idai Reconstruction, with support from the African Development Bank (AfDB), the European Union (EU), the United Nations (UN) and the World Bank (WB). Consultations with government authorities and partners took place between July…
Addressing the Gender Inequality of Risk and promoting Community Resilience to Natural Hazards in a Changing Climate is one of UN Women’s Flagship Programming Initiatives designed to ensure the effective integration of gender in the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction and to contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable…
In April 2019, following Cyclone Idai, the Government of Zimbabwe initiated a joint exercise to assess the losses and damages arising from the cyclone and to develop a strategy for immediate recovery and longer-term resilience building. The result was the Zimbabwe Rapid Impact and Needs Assessment (RINA)—an effort to assess and quantify c…